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A rare impressive pair of Japanese hardwood beds, Meiji period,…
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Melbourne
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16-Jun-2014
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A rare impressive pair of Japanese hardwood beds, Meiji period, 1868-1912, upholstered, with bolstered ends, each bed deeply carved with dragons and iris and made in a several sections, supported on small wheels, approx. 132 cm high and 109 cm wide, with bolsters. Provenance: Elder Fine Art, Adelaide, 14/11/2010, lot 204, Originally sold by Edith Wentworth, 26/2/1900, from the third bedroom, Wentworth House, Sydney, *probably made by Kuhn & Komor, Yokohama. For two stylistically similar examples see catalogue no. 441 and 442
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