AN IVORY- AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID SHIBAYAMA DISPLAY CABINET 'SHODANA'

Estimated Value:

6.000 € - 10.000 €

Result:

11.007 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
184 x 125 x 45 cm
In typical form with symmetrical arrangement of various multi-tiered display shelves, hinged and sliding doors, all with ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid floral and landscape decoration, some with butterflies, on a golden ground, the back panels partly with fine openwork floral decoration, some also with inlaid floral decoration and a scene of boys playing, with two relief carvings of dragons in the centre, with a 'flowers and birds' apron carved in deep relief on four cabriole legs, topped by an elaborately carved crest with a phoenix and koi yama in profile on the sides.
From a Bavarian private collection, in the family since the 1970s - The Trade Certificate in the EU of this lot has been granted - Few inlays lost, very slightly chipped

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