6 Nov 2012
14:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Afternoon Session
Back to auction 20023
Fine Japanese Art Afternoon Session
Back to auction 20023
The property of a European Gentleman
A pair of silver-mounted and ivory Shibayama-inlaid tusk vases
By Masamitsu, Meiji Period
Both vases decorated in typical Shibayama style with a matching design of pigeons perched and in flight around a tall lantern, with flowering cherry blossoms growing around it, signed in a lacquer reserve Masamitsu; supported on detachable black lacquer elaborate six-cabriole-legged stands engraved with Chinese pavillions set amid rockwork with other floral and key-fret designs. The tusk vases 34.6cm (13 5/8in) high, the stands 34cm (13 3/8in) high. (4).
Both vases decorated in typical Shibayama style with a matching design of pigeons perched and in flight around a tall lantern, with flowering cherry blossoms growing around it, signed in a lacquer reserve Masamitsu; supported on detachable black lacquer elaborate six-cabriole-legged stands engraved with Chinese pavillions set amid rockwork with other floral and key-fret designs. The tusk vases 34.6cm (13 5/8in) high, the stands 34cm (13 3/8in) high. (4).
Sold for
£18,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 花鳥図芝山象嵌象牙花立 一対 政光作 明治時代
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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