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1868 -1899
GUSN-3508
Enameled copper patinated body with gold-lacquer "lily pads" and Japanese characters in well.
chargers (platters)
copper (metal)
enameling
lacquering
Copper
Enameled
Lacquered
CHARGER
In gold in well: Japanese characters. On tape on bottom: ""Rupert Norton"". Letter from Bill Sargent 4/8/94: inscribed with ""long live (ancestor?), Ten-thousand year cup.""
Unknown
Japan
11.5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Susan Norton
1990.1363
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