Details
A Shibayama style ivory vase
with silver trefoil foot, dragon handles, collar and domed cover decorated in coloured enamels with floral motifs, the cylindrical ivory body inset in mother-of-pearl, horn and tortoiseshell with birds amongst blossoming branches -- 7¼in. (18.4cm) high, signed on an inset mother-of-pearl plaque, gilt signature plaque to underside, (losses, cracks).
See Colour Plate 3
with silver trefoil foot, dragon handles, collar and domed cover decorated in coloured enamels with floral motifs, the cylindrical ivory body inset in mother-of-pearl, horn and tortoiseshell with birds amongst blossoming branches -- 7¼in. (18.4cm) high, signed on an inset mother-of-pearl plaque, gilt signature plaque to underside, (losses, cracks).
See Colour Plate 3