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263 | KAKO: A FINE MINIATURE
SHIBAYAMA-INLAID AND LACQUERED
IVORY FOLDING SCREEN
By Kako, signed Kako with kakihan
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The folding screen with silver fittings and two rectangular
panels carved and incised with leaves and crashing waves,
the front sides with very fine Shibayama-inlays depicting
long-tailed pheasants perched on a cherry tree above
blooming peonies and sparrows in flight on a gold-
lacquered kinji ground with a full moon, the reverse sides
with an egret in water under a wisteria and two further
egrets in flight in gold lacquer on a black roironuri ground
with togidashi-e. Signed KAKO with red kakihan to one of
the reverse panels.
SIZE 24.5 x 25.6 cm

Condition: Very good condition with only minor traces of
wear, no losses to the inlays whatsoever, few minor losses
to the fittings.
Provenance: British collection.
Estimate EUR 5,000
Starting price EUR 2,500

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