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Lot 64 - Auction 42

A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-AND-IVORY INLAY CARVED BAMBOO VASE - Meiji period

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A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-AND-IVORY INLAY CARVED BAMBOO VASE
Meiji period
56,5 cm high
The external surface of the bamboo vase deeply carved with rocks, trees and clouds, the mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays assembled to build the figure of a fierce samurai, each tile finely incised, gilt and painted, inscribed大日本帝國大坂/ 荒井桃雲齊造之 (Dai Nihon mikado kuni Ōsaka/ Arai Tōunsai tsukuru kore, “Made by Arai Tōunsai from Osaka in the great Imperial Japan”) on a rectangular cartouche on the lower part of the vase.

Provenance: the property of a gentleman



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