A JAPANESE SILVER AND SHAKUDO CENTERPIECE,
A JAPANESE SILVER AND SHAKUDO CENTERPIECE,

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY),

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A JAPANESE SILVER AND SHAKUDO CENTERPIECE,
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY),
modelled as Mt. Fuji, applied with a dragon encircling the summit among shakudo clouds, the base with crashing waves, surmounted by a glass ball, set on a gold and black lacquer plinth decorated with pine trees on a nashigi ground, signed koike zo and with jungin (pure silver) stamp, marked under base
17in. (43.2cm.) long, 11in. (27.9cm.) high