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A shibayama style ivory and gilt metal three piece garniture
comprising a pair of baluster vases with quatrefoil flaring necks and angular lug handles, shaped tripod bases and lobed bodies with ivory panels inset in mother-of-pearl, wood, coral and horn with birds amongst blossoming branches, and an ovoid section vase and cover en suite -- 8¼in. (21cm) high, 19th Century, (cracks and losses).
See Colour Plate 1. (3)
comprising a pair of baluster vases with quatrefoil flaring necks and angular lug handles, shaped tripod bases and lobed bodies with ivory panels inset in mother-of-pearl, wood, coral and horn with birds amongst blossoming branches, and an ovoid section vase and cover en suite -- 8¼in. (21cm) high, 19th Century, (cracks and losses).
See Colour Plate 1. (3)