5th class of Rising Sun Order from Hirato workshop

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With original box.

These are really special ...

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Box close up

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Close ups

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Leaf obverse

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Leaf reverse

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Ribbon

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Take a look at this very interesting 4th class rising sun order that also was made be Hirato workshop (together with cavalier photo )

Boxes

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Take a good look at the ribbon rosette (obviously it was added lately).

Different (later than 5th class that we saw before) workmanship.

Edited August 6, 2012 by JapanX

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Close up

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Amazing, have never seen a cased Hirato piece before, what amazing photos.

Paul

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Now we really need the photo of early Hirato Rising Sun Order with Paulownia leaf directly fixed to the Sun

These are quaisi rare ...

All we have is black and white photo of such piece in Peterson book (3rd edition, p. 25)

I don`t know why Peterson thought that this direct fixation was the execlusive feature of 3rd class...

All earlie Hirato pieces (from 1st to 6th class) have these feature.

Cheers,

Nick

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Take a look at this very interesting 4th class rising sun order that also was made be Hirato workshop (together with cavalier photo )

Boxes

I'm watching with great interest to see the final selling price for this piece! ANy bets??

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I'd say in this condition around 80000 ...

We'll see :whistle:

Edited August 7, 2012 by JapanX

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198 000 yen

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Kinda figured it'd go high. Did you catch that Korean order a few days ago though that went for 2,198,000 yen? PHEW!! Or some big number like that, can't recall exactly, but it was around $24,000 U.S.!!

Edited August 8, 2012 by Dieter3

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First time it went for more than $50000 ....

If you are talking about Grand Gordon