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A Shibayama vase
Meiji Period
of ovoid shape with tall flaring neck and iris flower handles, the ivory body decorated with birds in flight and perched on a bird-house hanging from a prunus tree above irises and a flowing stream, the reverse with wading birds beneath various flowering branches, the silver neck and base with enamelled flower blooms, rectangular tablet to base with Mitsutomo signature -- 11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) high, (minor losses to inlay and enamels).
See Illustration.
Meiji Period
of ovoid shape with tall flaring neck and iris flower handles, the ivory body decorated with birds in flight and perched on a bird-house hanging from a prunus tree above irises and a flowing stream, the reverse with wading birds beneath various flowering branches, the silver neck and base with enamelled flower blooms, rectangular tablet to base with Mitsutomo signature -- 11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) high, (minor losses to inlay and enamels).
See Illustration.
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