Lot 270

FINE SILVER, CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND SHIBAYAMA-INLAY CENSER AND COVER, KORO Y
SIGNED MASAHISA, MEIJI PERIOD




Auction: 16 May 2018 at 17:00 BST
£4,500
Description
the body decorated with two large shield-form 'birds and flowers' panels inlaid in various materials in Shibayama style, surrounded by composite floral sprays worked in cloisonné enamel at the shoulder, cover and stand, the shoulder applied with a silver handle on either side in the form of a dragon, the cover surmounted by a pair of birds, signed Masahisa within a gilt rectangular panel at the base
Dimensions
20cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection.



