MEIJI PERIOD (1880'S), SIGNED MASAAKI, MASAYOSHI AND SHINKO AND SEALED ICHI
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A SHIBAYAMA SCHOOL INLAID LACQUER AND IVORY TABLE SCREEN
meiji period (1880's), signed masaaki, masayoshi and shinko and sealed ichi
The tall, two-fold screen enclosed by an ivory frame carved with blossoming wisteria vines, signed by the carver masayoshi in a square cartouche on the lower left back edge, the two recessed upper front panels lacquered on a gold ground in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and accents of kimpun and okibirame with two ginko trees at either side, a stream flowing across both panels and a simulated-iron lantern at the right, both panels also inlaid in mother-of-pearl, colored ivory and horn with birds and hens and with a profusion of chrysanthemums, some staked to a 'bamboo' trellis and some beside the stream; the two rectangular lower panels of silver filigree fashioned with a shaped reserve of phoenixes and paulownia which are covered by colored enamels, both panels also bordered by bands of lacquer maple leaves in iro-e togidashi; the reverse of the lacquer panels executed in iro-e togidashi with cockscomb on a mirror-black ground, the lower silver panels identical to the front though surrounded by a border of gyobu lacquer; upper right front panel inlaid with a red lacquer seal masayoshi and the reverse right lacquer panel signed in gold lacquer Shinko and sealed in red lacquer Ichi; fittings metal
Each panel 16½ x 8¾in. (41.8 x 22.2cm.)
meiji period (1880's), signed masaaki, masayoshi and shinko and sealed ichi
The tall, two-fold screen enclosed by an ivory frame carved with blossoming wisteria vines, signed by the carver masayoshi in a square cartouche on the lower left back edge, the two recessed upper front panels lacquered on a gold ground in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and accents of kimpun and okibirame with two ginko trees at either side, a stream flowing across both panels and a simulated-iron lantern at the right, both panels also inlaid in mother-of-pearl, colored ivory and horn with birds and hens and with a profusion of chrysanthemums, some staked to a 'bamboo' trellis and some beside the stream; the two rectangular lower panels of silver filigree fashioned with a shaped reserve of phoenixes and paulownia which are covered by colored enamels, both panels also bordered by bands of lacquer maple leaves in iro-e togidashi; the reverse of the lacquer panels executed in iro-e togidashi with cockscomb on a mirror-black ground, the lower silver panels identical to the front though surrounded by a border of gyobu lacquer; upper right front panel inlaid with a red lacquer seal masayoshi and the reverse right lacquer panel signed in gold lacquer Shinko and sealed in red lacquer Ichi; fittings metal
Each panel 16½ x 8¾in. (41.8 x 22.2cm.)