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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts
• Sale Date:
  14 May 2012 ~ 6.00pm (Lots 1-213)
  15 May 2012 ~ 2.00pm (Lots 214-343)
  15 May 2012 ~ 6.00pm (Lots 344-571)
• Lot #:
  567
• Lot Description:
  A Satsuma Earthenware Figure Of A Bijin By Kinkozan, Meiji Period
  the young woman standing with head slightly lowered and inclined to one side, her left hand clasping the folds of her blue glazed kimono gilt with trailing floral stems, encircled at the waist with a broad gilt diaper-patterned obi, her right hand holding a battledore (hagoita), her hair drawn into high coils and chignon, the circular base with impressed seal Kinkozan
  38cm
• Provenance:
  Flying Cranes Antiques Ltd, New York, 1990s
• References:
  Illustrated by Nancy Schiffer, Imari, Satsuma 1997, p. 125 Compare with a smaller figure from the Walter Haas Collection, illustrated by Louis Lawrence, Satsuma, p. 149, no. 73, and sold Sotheby's London,14 July 2006, lot 1321; a larger figure illustrated op. cit. p. 170 no. 88; and another larger figure from the Avo Krikorian Collection, sold Christie's Zurich, 19th February 2007, lot 51
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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