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IVORY AND INLAID IVORY
VESSELS
Various Properties
176 Y Ф
A SMALL IVORY INLAID
SHIBAYAMA CABINET
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The exterior typically inlaid in Shibayama style
with various materials and decorated with a
different bird-and-flower scene on the top
and sides including a kankodori (a cockerel
perched on a drum), a parakeet perched
among plum branches and two long-tailed
exotic birds in flight among branches of
flowering cherries, the two doors opening to
reveal two shelves within, the silvered metal
clasp on the door in the form of two flying
birds; unsigned. 8cm x 9.2cm x 6.3cm
(3 1/8in x 3 5/8in x 2¼in).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
176
177 Y Ф
AN IVORY JAR AND COVER
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,
late 19th/early 20th century
Of broad ovoid form, supported on a
cluster of foliage, the body carved in relief
with various flowers including peonies,
chrysanthemums, lilies and fuyo (rose mallow)
and the cover with foliage surmounted by a
peony-bud knop; unsigned.
15.2cm (6in) high. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
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