A PAIR OF GOLD LACQUER SHIBAYAMA VASES with trumpet necks and shaped feet, each with a faceted body decorated in gold hirame and hiramakie and inset silver-rimmed panels of birds and flowers on a kinji ground, four silver models of elephant heads fitted on the shoulders, silver mounts (some old damage and restoration), signed Shigenori, late 19th century

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A PAIR OF GOLD LACQUER SHIBAYAMA VASES with trumpet necks and shaped feet, each with a faceted body decorated in gold hirame and hiramakie and inset silver-rimmed panels of birds and flowers on a kinji ground, four silver models of elephant heads fitted on the shoulders, silver mounts (some old damage and restoration), signed Shigenori, late 19th century
31.9cm.high (2)

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