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Lacquered-Wood Signal Fan (gunbai), Japan, Edo Period, 17th-18th c.

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Lacquered-Wood Signal Fan (gunbai), Japan, Edo Period, 17th-18th c.

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Lacquered-Wood Signal Fan (gunbai), Japan, Edo Period, 17th-18th c. Provenance: Christie's, lot 29, Dec. 4, 2014; Wakisaka Awaji no Kami, Tokado Collection. Literature: Hankyu Dept. Store, ed., Hankyu hyakkaten sogyu rokujusshunen kinen: Kobijutsugai itsueiten (60th anniversary of opening of Hankyu Dept. Store: Antique shops festival), 1989, p. 80. Size: 25'' x 11'' x .5 '' 64 x 28 x 1 cm (fan), 25'' x 12'' x 3'' 64 x 30 x 8 cm (box). Property from the Jim and Kit Horne Collection.

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Lacquered-Wood Signal Fan (gunbai), Japan, Edo Period, 17th-18th c.

Name: Lacquered-Wood Signal Fan (gunbai), Japan, Edo Period, 17th-18th c.
SKU: 124218091
Price: 2200 USD
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