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247 | MASAYASU: A SHIBAYAMA-INLAID LACQUER
KOBAKO WITH PHEASANTS ON CHERRY TREE
By Masayasu, signed Masayasu
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The box and cover of rectangular form with silver-lined rims, both
with nashiji all around, the cover inset with a lobed rectangular
panel elaborately decorated in typical with Shibayama-inlays of
mother-of-pearl, lacquer, coral, tortoiseshell, and horn, depicting
a pair of long-tailed pheasants perched on a flowering cherry
branch on a kinji ground, signed MASAYASU in a tsuishu (carved red
lacquer) reserve.

SIZE 5.5 x 14 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor traces of wear and a small
loss to the inlay of one pheasant’s tail.
Provenance: British private collection.
Estimate EUR 2,000
Starting price EUR 1,000

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