A fine, partially openwork silver bowl with enamelled decoration and shibayama ivory inlay

Description:

Japan, seal mark, Meiji period
B. 20,3 cm
Decorated with irises and foliage around the wall on four feet. The base inlaid with an ivory plaque in shibayaya technique, decorated with a scene of a lady-in-waiting and a man smoking a pipe, watching her dance in front of a byobu. Seal mark on the base.
Old North German private collection, assembled before 1970 - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Partly chipped, small losses to inlays