Details
A fine ivory brise fan, the sticks decorated with gold, silver and black hiramaki and takamakie, enriched with kirigane with three figures in a garden, the verso with a spray of peonies, one of mother of pearl stained purple, signed Seio Takeuchi, the guardsticks decorated in Shibayama style with birds, flowers, insects and bamboo in mother of pearl, hardstones and semi-precious stones, with ivory ogime - 11.5in., Japanese, circa 1900 (one guardstick broken, several stones loose, some missing) - in lacquer box
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