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THE SOWELL COLLECTION
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A JAPANESE ARITA CAT-FORM EWER AND COVER
EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1690
Manekineko fgure with a porcelain cover, decorated in
various enamels
7 in. (17.5 cm.) high (2)
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 5 November 2007,
lot 170.
LITERATURE:
op. cit., pp. 151, no. 10.2
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A FAMILLE ROSE SEATED COURTESAN
CIRCA 1785
The seated lady holding a gilt vase, her robes foral over
iron-red trousers
8º in. (21 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000
LITERATURE:
op. cit., p.110, no. 5.12.
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A FAMILLE ROSE CRANE
18TH CENTURY
Modeled standing beside a fowering tree on an oval
base, blue legs and red beak, the plumage of neck and tail
feathers enameled in black
9 in. (23 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
With Luis Alegria, Portugal.
LITERATURE:
op. cit., pp. 252, no. 17.5
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