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258 | A RARE MINIATURE
SHIBAYAMA AND
METAL INLAID IVORY
DISPLAY CABINET
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

Of rectangular form on an original fitted
ivory base standing on four feet, the
shodana (cabinet) finely inlaid with
partly gilt shakudo and shibuichi as
well as Shibayama-style inlays of coral,
mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, and
green-stained ivory around the metal
inlays depicting a cat with a ball, two
bijin, warriors, a courtesan, a cockerel,
a bird of prey, and various flowers and
other figures.
SIZE 13.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition with traces of
wear and some small natural age cracks.
Provenance: British collection.
Estimate EUR 2,000
Starting price EUR 1,000

259 | A MINIATURE
SHIBAYAMA-INLAID
IVORY DISPLAY CABINET
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

Of rectangular form, decorated in typical
Shibayama style with inlays of mother-of-
pearl, tortoiseshell, coral, and green-stained
ivory, the lower section with a drawer and
decorated with two leafy plum tree branches
flanked by butterflies, the central section
with a caparisoned elephant next to a
blossoming plum tree, the top section with
four movable panels depicting branches
of the same plum tree, the sides with leafy
branches, a butterfly, and a spider, the
top with a bird of paradise perched on a
plum branch, the reverse with a cockerel,
a chicken, and butterflies, under the same
blossoming plum tree.
SIZE 12 x 12.2 x 6.1 cm

Condition: Losses to the fittings, several
small natural age cracks, four larger age
cracks to the reverse.
Provenance: British collection.
Estimate EUR 2,000
Starting price EUR 1,000

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