Lot 364

FINE PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED, GOLD-LACQUER, AND SHIBAYAMA-INLAID VASES
MEIJI PERIOD

Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
£4,788
Description
明治 芝山嵌金地花鳥圖對瓶
each gold-lacquered body inset with mother-of-pearl and other semiprecious stones with four ducks swimming in a pond and one in flight near raised mountains in okibirame, further inlaid with aquatic floral and foliage, with detailed ripples, the mouth and foot applied with silver decorated with floral sprays in coloured enamels (2)
Dimensions
18cm high each; 222g and 216g
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Blairgowrie; inherited from current owner's parents
Footnote
Compare to a four-section vase made with similar technique, dated to Meiji era, sold at Bonham's London, 18 May 2023, lot 4.
