KAKO: A FINE MINIATURE SHIBAYAMA INLAID AND LACQUERED IVORY FOLDING SCREEN
KAKO: A FINE MINIATURE SHIBAYAMA INLAID AND LACQUERED IVORY FOLDING SCREEN
By Kako, signed Kako with kakihan
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The folding screen with silver fittings and two rectangular panels carved and incised with leaves and crashing waves, the front sides with very fine Shibayama-inlays depicting long-tailed pheasants perched on a cherry tree above blooming peonies and sparrows in flight on a gold-lacquered kinji ground with a full moon, the reverse sides with an egret in water under a wisteria and two further egrets in flight in gold lacquer on a black roironuri ground with togidashi-e. Signed KAKO with red kakihan to one of the reverse panels.
SIZE 24.5 x 25.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition with only minor traces of wear, no losses to the inlays whatsoever, few minor losses to the fittings.
Provenance: British collection.
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KAKO: A FINE MINIATURE SHIBAYAMA INLAID AND LACQUERED IVORY FOLDING SCREEN
By Kako, signed Kako with kakihan
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
The folding screen with silver fittings and two rectangular panels carved and incised with leaves and crashing waves, the front sides with very fine Shibayama-inlays depicting long-tailed pheasants perched on a cherry tree above blooming peonies and sparrows in flight on a gold-lacquered kinji ground with a full moon, the reverse sides with an egret in water under a wisteria and two further egrets in flight in gold lacquer on a black roironuri ground with togidashi-e. Signed KAKO with red kakihan to one of the reverse panels.
SIZE 24.5 x 25.6 cm
Condition: Very good condition with only minor traces of wear, no losses to the inlays whatsoever, few minor losses to the fittings.
Provenance: British collection.