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A Shibayama-style ivory rounded rectangular paper knife
inlaid in mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, coral and stained ivory, decorated with a bird perched on a blossoming branch, the reverse with a butterfly above a flowerspray -- 14in. (35.6cm.) long, 19th Century, (minor crack).
See Colour Plate 5.
inlaid in mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, coral and stained ivory, decorated with a bird perched on a blossoming branch, the reverse with a butterfly above a flowerspray -- 14in. (35.6cm.) long, 19th Century, (minor crack).
See Colour Plate 5.