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Bid 200.00
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04/26 17:30 EDT

Kutani Porcelain Male and Female Mandarin Ducks
April 2015 Auction by Far East Asian Art

A Kutani porcelain male and female couple of Mandarin or Wood Ducks (or Oshidori in Japanese.) Decorative arts celebrating the monogamy of Mandarin ducks were popular wedding gifts in some Asian cultures including Japan. Polychrome enamel decoration in the Ao-Kutani ("blue Kutani - reference not just to blue but also to green and aubergine derivatives of blue") palette. The plumage richly colored thusly and the chests and sides in a light, Robin's egg blue...
Bid 175.00
No Reserve
03/26 11:56 EDT