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SHIBAYAMA-INLAID, IVORY,
AND INLAID IVORY WORKS OF ART
Various Properties

78 Y Ф
AN IVORY KENBYO (TABLE SCREEN)
By Yoho, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The rectangular panels intricately incised and
carved in varying degrees of relief, one side
with the famous warrior Kusunoki Masashige
on horseback in front of a war curtain
departing for his final battle, having entrusted
a scroll on war strategy to his son Masatsura
to whom he bids farewell; the reverse with
Kojima Takanori standing beneath branches of
cherry, writing on the tree trunk an inscription
expressing confidence in the restoration of
imperial power, within a lobed frame engraved
with clouds, bordered by straight sides etched
in black with geometric brackets, the whole
raised on two bracket feet engraved with half-
chrysanthemum blossoms on a wave-pattern
ground; signed on both sides Yoho with a
seal. 24cm x 20cm (9½in x 7 7/8in).
£700 - 900
JPY110,000 - 140,000
78 US$950 - 1,200
Provenance:
An English private collection acquired mainly
during the 1960s and 1970s.

79 Y Ф
AN IVORY SHIBAYAMA-INLAID AND
ENAMELLED SILVER-FILIGREE DISH
By Masayoshi, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Raised on three feet, the central round ivory
panel boldly decorated in typical Shibayama
inlay with birds flying and standing around
a large ikebana basket brimming over with
peonies, wisteria and cherry blossoms
surrounded by eight rectangular lobes of
delicate silver filigree scrolls and tendrils,
each set with a kidney-shaped panel of
coloured enamels representing different
seasonal flowers; the base of nashiji and
signed with chiselled characters Masayoshi
kizamu (Chiselled by Masayoshi) within a silver
rectangular reserve.
5.5cm x 23cm (2 1/8in x 9in).

£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400

Provenance:
An English private collection acquired mainly
79 during the 1960s and 1970s.

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