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A LARGE IVORY, SILVER-MOUNTED AND INLAID SHIBAYAMA
HANDLED VASE AND EN-SUITE SILVER COVER
By Mitsuaki, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The ivory body lavishly inlaid in various materials in Shibayama style on
one side with an eagle perched on a flowering cherry tree and eyeing
two small prey flying over a stream and on the other side geese and
sparrows in flight over an iris pond framed within silver filigree borders,
the shoulder and elaborate foot applied with silver mounts and inlaid
with formal scrolling foliage in coloured enamels, the sides applied
with two silver handles in the form of winged dragons, the silver cover
similarly decorated and surmounted by a silver knop in the form of a
dragon with its wings outstretched, preparing to take flight; signed on
the base in a rectangular gold-lacquer reserve Mitsuaki.
27.5cm x 18cm (10¾in x 7 1/16in). (2).

£8,000 - 10,000
JPY1,200,000 - 1,500,000
US$11,000 - 13,000

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please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.