A PAIR OF SHIBAYAMA IVORY TUSK VASES

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A PAIR OF SHIBAYAMA IVORY TUSK VASES
LATE 19TH CENTURY
One with an oni lying on his back on a red table supporting by his legs a tsuitate with Shoki, a basket of flowers and a perched bird beside him; and the other similarly decorated with a seated oni by a drum, the hexagonal wood base decorated in gold with foliage and geometric pattern, (slight cracks, some inlays missing)
Both 34cm. high (2)

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