A pair of Shibayama-style, silver and enamel vases, the ivory bodies with shaped panels inlaid in mother-of-pearl, stained ivory and hardstones with birds in flight and perched among flowering shrubs, the tall flaring necks decorated in enamels with stylised flowersprays, with dragon handles -- 6½in.high, signed Gessan; another similar with shobu handles -- 9¼in.high, signed Harumitsu; and another similar with domed cover with quail finial -- 5¼in.high, signed Kozan (all damaged).

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A pair of Shibayama-style, silver and enamel vases, the ivory bodies with shaped panels inlaid in mother-of-pearl, stained ivory and hardstones with birds in flight and perched among flowering shrubs, the tall flaring necks decorated in enamels with stylised flowersprays, with dragon handles -- 6½in.high, signed Gessan; another similar with shobu handles -- 9¼in.high, signed Harumitsu; and another similar with domed cover with quail finial -- 5¼in.high, signed Kozan (all damaged).
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