PAIR OF BRONZE PAGODA FORM BOOKENDS WITH KANJI MARK ON THE BACK?
28 November 2020
Description

THEY WEIGH 6 LBS. 4 OZ., MEASURE 7 3/4 IN HEIGHT AND 6” ACROSS

Provenance

unknown

Acquired from
Inherited
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 12 hours
By s.k. Breider
Nov 28, 12:15 UTC
Fair Market Value
$150 - $250 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Dear Jonathan,

Thanks for the additional pictures. Your pagoda bookends are made in Japan in late Meiji period. I would date them around 1900.They have a good patin and are well casted. I believe the bookends are made for export to USA or Europa to made the demand for art from Japan in general. I believe if the bookends came to a specialized sale they could make a price around the estimate I stated above.

Jonathan rieg Nov 28, 22:42 UTC

Let me know if these pictures work :-)

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