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LOT 1555
Large Japanese Blue and White Stool with Birds
LATE MEIJI-TAISHO PERIODS, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
18 in. (11.7 kg, 46 cm).
A hollow-formed tin-glazed ceramic stool, barrel-shaped and hexagonal in section, blue foliage to each of the faces and to the top with birds, two C-shaped vents.
ProvenanceAcquired 2002, Tokyo, Japan.
Ex property of a Middlesex collector.
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