Details
A small Shibayama style ivory model of a caparisoned elephant
with a large kiku-head on its back, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, coral, turquoise, stained ivory, malachite, wood and horn with further kiku-heads and hanging chains -- 3.in (7.6cm) long, signed Kagei on a mother-of-pearl tablet.
See Colour Plate 1.
with a large kiku-head on its back, inlaid in mother-of-pearl, coral, turquoise, stained ivory, malachite, wood and horn with further kiku-heads and hanging chains -- 3.in (7.6cm) long, signed Kagei on a mother-of-pearl tablet.
See Colour Plate 1.