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A pair of ivory shibayama style tusk vases
inset in mother-of-pearl, horn and tortoiseshell with birds perched amongst blossoming branches, mounted on the backs of carved wood caparisoned elephants wearing decorative saddle cloths, bone inset trunks -- 10in. (27.3cm) high, 19th Century, (minor losses).
See Colour Plate 3 (2)
inset in mother-of-pearl, horn and tortoiseshell with birds perched amongst blossoming branches, mounted on the backs of carved wood caparisoned elephants wearing decorative saddle cloths, bone inset trunks -- 10in. (27.3cm) high, 19th Century, (minor losses).
See Colour Plate 3 (2)