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LOT 2263
Satsuma Lidded Gilt Ceramic Box
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (56 grams, 63 mm wide).
Discoid in plan, squat bowl with basal ring, shallow lid with central knop handle; lid with dense gilt scheme of busts and patterned clothing; sidewall with dragons; inside lid, two gilt scholars with a scroll, inside bowl a crouching scholar. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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