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A SMALL PAIR OF HIRADO WARE MODELS
OF ELEPHANTS
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each modeled standing four square, the bodies in all over
white glaze with underglaze blue eyes
4º in. (10.8 cm.) long; with wood box (3)
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Johnstone-Fong, Inc., Philadelphia, 25 982
January 1984.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
EXHIBITED:
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Japanese Art from the
Alsdorf Collection, Gallery 273, 2 July-12 September 2004.

~ 983

A PAIR OF UTSUBO (QUIVERS)
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With inlaid mother-of-pearl and applied with ginger root
family crests in gilt bronze, with later metal stands
37Ω in. (95.3 cm.) long (2)
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from Powder Horn Antiques, Wisconsin,
August 1986.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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