Details
A Shibayama-style ivory tusk
inlaid in mother-of-pearl, wood, coral, horn and stained ivory with two panels of birds among flowering branches, on a lacquered stand fitted with a sliding drawer decorated with insects, on four lion-head feet -- 10.in (25.4cm) high overall, 19th Century, (some inlay missing).
See Colour Plate 5.
inlaid in mother-of-pearl, wood, coral, horn and stained ivory with two panels of birds among flowering branches, on a lacquered stand fitted with a sliding drawer decorated with insects, on four lion-head feet -- 10.in (25.4cm) high overall, 19th Century, (some inlay missing).
See Colour Plate 5.