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AN INLAID LACQUER 'SHIBAYAMA' VASE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMOHISA
Of hexagonal form set on an hexagonal splayed foot with tall, slender neck ending in an hexagonal rim, inlaid with a falcon, cherry tree, butterflies and other flowers in mother-of-pearl and colored ivory and horn on a kinji lacquer ground, the foot and neck covered with gyobu nashiji, foot and mouth rims silver, base and interior of neck nashiji- 6 1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) high, minute surface nicks, losses and scratches, some small repairs
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMOHISA
Of hexagonal form set on an hexagonal splayed foot with tall, slender neck ending in an hexagonal rim, inlaid with a falcon, cherry tree, butterflies and other flowers in mother-of-pearl and colored ivory and horn on a kinji lacquer ground, the foot and neck covered with gyobu nashiji, foot and mouth rims silver, base and interior of neck nashiji- 6 1/2 in. (16.6 cm.) high, minute surface nicks, losses and scratches, some small repairs