A Japanese gold lacquered ostritch egg
A Japanese gold lacquered ostritch egg

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A Japanese gold lacquered ostritch egg
decorated in hiramakie, nashiji and kirigane with a pheasant amongst grasses and flowers beneath birds and insects in flight, the reverse with egrets wading amongst lotus -- 6in. (15.3cm) high, 19th Century, wood stand, (minor rubbing).
See Colour Plate 4

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