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A pair of ivory Shibayama style tusk vases
inset in mother-of-pearl, horn, wood and tortoiseshell with birds of prey, pheasants, doves and songbirds in flight and perched blossoming branches, applied with pierced silver collars, on lobed hexagonal wood bases -- 11¼in. (28.6cm) high, carved and pierced waisted hexagonal wood stands, 19th Century, (losses and minor damages).
See Colour Plate 1. (2)
inset in mother-of-pearl, horn, wood and tortoiseshell with birds of prey, pheasants, doves and songbirds in flight and perched blossoming branches, applied with pierced silver collars, on lobed hexagonal wood bases -- 11¼in. (28.6cm) high, carved and pierced waisted hexagonal wood stands, 19th Century, (losses and minor damages).
See Colour Plate 1. (2)