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A WHITE JADEITE AND GILT SILVER MIRROR
The mirror back and handle carved from a single piece of translucent white jadeite with a low relief design of phoenix and a peony, supported by a key fret motif, ending in archiastic dragon heads, the base of the handle set with a jadeite cabochon between acanthus leaf borders, late 19th century, in a fitted Ralph M Chait Box
signed Yamanaka
the signature Yamanaka appears on a group of oriental objects with western style settings and would seem to belong to a Japanese firm producing Chinnoiserie objects for consumption in the United States. The mounts are of the highest quality and may have been the output of skilled metal workers who found themselves redundant when the decline of the samurai-class reduced the demand for armour and other weaponry
The mirror back and handle carved from a single piece of translucent white jadeite with a low relief design of phoenix and a peony, supported by a key fret motif, ending in archiastic dragon heads, the base of the handle set with a jadeite cabochon between acanthus leaf borders, late 19th century, in a fitted Ralph M Chait Box
signed Yamanaka
the signature Yamanaka appears on a group of oriental objects with western style settings and would seem to belong to a Japanese firm producing Chinnoiserie objects for consumption in the United States. The mounts are of the highest quality and may have been the output of skilled metal workers who found themselves redundant when the decline of the samurai-class reduced the demand for armour and other weaponry