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LOT 2624
Satsuma Miniature Gilt Ceramic Vase Group
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (123 grams total, 92 mm each).
One fusiform with painted scene of courtly ladies kneeling, artistic images on display, reserved gilt chop-seal to underside; one conical with outdoor scenes of richly dressed ladies and gentlemen beside a lake. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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