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Lot 251 · Important Pocketwatches and Wristwatches

Edo Period (19Th Century), Signed Hagi Ju Naotsune Saku

An Iron Tsuba · An Iron

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Estimate
$500–$700 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Important Pocketwatches and Wristwatches, Geneva · 23 March 2004
Record ID
TB-2026-5458182
Record
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An Iron Tsuba, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HAGI JU NAOTSUNE SAKU. Christie's, 23 Mar 2004, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5458182.

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An Iron Tsuba, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HAGI JU NAOTSUNE SAKU. Christie's, 23 Mar 2004, lot 251. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5458182.

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From the same sale Important Pocketwatches and Wristwatches · Mar 2004

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Amusements at Gion Shrine and Hokoji Temple in Kyoto Anonymous (17th century) $10,000–$15,000
Battle in the Uji River from the Tale of the Heike Anonymous (17th-18th Century) $3,000–$4,000
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Motsuga Ryobo (Forgetting the material world and the self: Buddhist t… Attributed to Shuho Myocho (Daito Kokushi) (1282-1338) $8,000–$10,000
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