A large Shibayama-Style antique cabinet Meiji period
Price: $65,000.00
Product: Curio, China Cabinet
Age: 1800-1899
Style: Shibayama
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region of Origin: Asian
Property from the estate of Sir Victor Sassoon, G.B.E., and lady Sassoon. A Large Shibayama-Style cabinet Meiji period (late 19th century).
The tall, wood two-section cabinet set on a wood base with four legs. The upper and lower sections with various sliding doors. Hinged doors and shelves decorated in colored shells. Gold Hiramaki-e, Takamaki-E, and Okibirame, with flower baskets. Geese in shallow water, Chinese children at play, and Bugaku musicians.
Some ivory framed with pierced and carved with chrysanthemums and leaves. A face of Chinese lion between two mythical animal faces, and inlaid in colored shell wit chrysanthemum flower heads.
The back panel decorated with lacquered fans on a pierced ground. The sides with small and larger panels of flowers, an insect on reeds, and flowers and butterflies.
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