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252 | TOMONAO: A FINE SHIBAYAMA INLAID SILVER,
ENAMEL AND IVORY TRUMPET VASE

By Tomonao, signed Tomonao
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The ivory body with slightly tapering sides, with Shibayama-inlays
depicting a long-tailed pheasant perched on a cherry tree with
peony on one side and a long-tailed rooster and hen underneath
a cherry tree on the other, rising from a foliate silver base with
three lobed feet, the short lobed silver neck with two reed-shaped
handles, one with an enamel flower, rising to a trumpet-shaped
lobed silver neck and mouth. The base, shoulder, and neck
decorated in colorful enamels with floral and geometric patterns.
Signed TOMONAO within a rectangular gold reserve to the base.

HEIGHT 23 cm
WEIGHT 313.6 g
Condition: Excellent condition with only few minor traces of wear.
Provenance: British collection.

AUCTION
COMPARISON
For a related vase, see Bonhams,
Fine Japanese Art, 17 May 2012,
London, lot 214 (sold for 3,750
GBP).
Estimate EUR 3,000
Starting price EUR 1,500

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