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A Shibayama-style gold lacquer tapering octagonal vase
inlaid with butterflies in flight among a hanging basket of various flowers, a vase with further flowers, koros and a ewer, between shakudo and enamel floral borders and bands of fan-shaped cartouches -- 12.in (32.5cm) high, signed, 19th Century, (neck broken, some inlay missing).
See Colour Plate 5.
inlaid with butterflies in flight among a hanging basket of various flowers, a vase with further flowers, koros and a ewer, between shakudo and enamel floral borders and bands of fan-shaped cartouches -- 12.in (32.5cm) high, signed, 19th Century, (neck broken, some inlay missing).
See Colour Plate 5.