Lot 36

There is a very tiny chip on the underside of one corner of the cover, an old vertical crack on the mouth rim with an associated minor chip in the carved lacquer, a few areas of lacquer flaking to the foot rim, some old lacquer cracks and minute chips to the extremities, all consistent with age and use.


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A private collection, Kyoto, Japan.