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299 299 Y Ф
THREE SMALL IVORY, SILVER AND INLAID SHIBAYAMA VASES
300 Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
180 | BONHAMS Comprising two vases forming a matching pair, each richly inlaid in
various materials with a similar bird-and-flower scene on one side and
a butterfly hovering over blooming shrubs on the other, the shoulders,
feet and neck mounted in silver and applied with formal floral motifs
in coloured enamels, the sides of each vase applied with two silver
handles in the form of a sprig of two flowers, each vase unsigned; with
a separate unassociated wood stand. The pair: each 12.4cm (4 7/8in)
high; the third vase: 10.2cm (4in) high; the stand: 3.3cm x 20.1cm
(1¼in x 7 7/8in). (5).

£2,500 - 3,500
JPY370,000 - 520,000
US$3,300 - 4,600

300 Y Ф
A SILVER-MOUNTED, IVORY AND INLAID SHIBAYAMA TUSK
VASE AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Lavishly decorated in typical Shibayama style with a cockerel, hen and
chicks foraging for food beside flowering shrubs of chrysanthemum on
one side and a pheasant perched on trailing cherry branches on the
other, the top and bottom edged in silver and resting on a revolving
dais, the detachable cover surmounted with a silver eagle perched on
a rock, fixed to an elaborate four-cabriole-legged, carved and pierced
wood stand; unsigned. 31.8cm (12½in) high. (2).

£4,000 - 6,000
JPY590,000 - 890,000
US$5,300 - 7,900

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.