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An impressive hardwood and shibayama style inlaid gold lacquer…

Meiji Period Gold Lacquer Shodana Display Cabinet with Inlay

An impressive hardwood and shibayama style inlaid gold lacquer Shodana display cabinet, Meiji period, fitted with an asymmetrical arrangement of cupboards, with sliding panels, doors and drawer fronts, decorated in ivory and mother of pearl inlay on gold…

An elaborately decorated and carved hardwood Shodana cabinet,…

Meiji Period Shibayama Style Hardwood Shodana Cabinet

An elaborately decorated and carved hardwood Shodana cabinet, Meiji period, with shibayama style blue lacquer panels and doors inlaid in mother-of-pearl, ivory and bone including sliding doors and drawers, with various cupboards and shelves within the…

A large Japanese shibayama style dish, Meiji period (1868-1912),…

A large Japanese shibayama style dish, Meiji period (1868-1912), of rectangular form, a large and impressive dish decorated in gold ,takamaki-e, togidashi and hiramakie techniques recalling the pastime of shogun Yoritomo, who made a practice of…

Carved bone Inro, 19th century shibayama school single…

Carved bone Inro, 19th century shibayama school single compartment inro decorated with carved hand painted insects, height 6 cm

Early 20th century 'Aesthetic' style music cabinet, of English…

English Walnut Music Cabinet with Shibayama-Inspired Inlay Design

Early 20th century 'Aesthetic' style music cabinet, of English origin, a walnut cabinet of superior quality. A carved dentil cornice over two doors, carrying eight panels of Japanese 'Shibayama' influenced bone and mother-of-pearl foliate inlay. Three…

A fine Japanese silver & lacquer shibayama vase, Meiji period…

Japanese Shibayama Vase with Coloured Enamels, Meiji Period

A fine Japanese silver & lacquer shibayama vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), with elongated neck and fluted rim, highlighted with coloured enamels, six kinji lacquer ground panels decorated with flowers inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, ivory and tortoise…

A stunning pair of antique serving knives with shibayama ivory…

Antique Shibayama Ivory Serving Knives in Original Fitted Box

A stunning pair of antique serving knives with shibayama ivory handles and silver plated blades, housed in original plush fitted box, 19th century, the box 31.5 cm wide

Meiji period Japanese rosewood & shibayama whist marker, with…

Meiji Period Japanese Rosewood & Shibayama Whist Marker

Meiji period Japanese rosewood & shibayama whist marker, with gilded floral and foliate decoration, the ivory tabs inlaid with birds and insects

Small Japanese shibayama carved ivory pumpkin, Meiji period…

Shibayama Ivory Pumpkin with Insect Inlay

Small Japanese shibayama carved ivory pumpkin, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved as a pumpkin and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to side, height 6.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Japanese shibayama carved ivory pumpkin, Meiji period…

Shibayama Ivory Pumpkin with Insects

Japanese shibayama carved ivory pumpkin, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved as a pumpkin and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to underside, height 7 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Japanese shibayama carved ivory vegetable, Meiji period…

Shibayama Ivory Edamame with Insects Inlay

Japanese shibayama carved ivory vegetable, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved as an edamame and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to side, height 14.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Japanese shibayama carved ivory Capsicum, Meiji period…

Shibayama Ivory Capsicum with Insects Inlay

Japanese shibayama carved ivory Capsicum, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved as a capsicum and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to side, height 8.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Japanese shibayama carved ivory mushroom, Meiji period…

Shibayama Carved Ivory Mushroom with Insects Inlayed

Japanese shibayama carved ivory mushroom, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved as a mushroom and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to side, height 9.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Japanese shibayama carved ivory banana, Meiji period…

Shibayama Ivory Banana with Insects Inlay, Meiji Period

Japanese shibayama carved ivory banana, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved as a banana and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to side, height 16.8 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Two Japanese shibayama carved ivory Vegetables, Meiji period…

Shibayama Carved Ivory Vegetables with Insects Inlay, Meiji Period

Two Japanese shibayama carved ivory Vegetables, Meiji period (1868-1912), naturalistically carved and inlaid with insects, artist's signature to side, one missing stem (A/F) (2), height 11 cm; 13 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, SA

Beautiful Japanese shibayama box and cover, of rectangular form,…

Japanese Shibayama Box with Ivory Panel and Mother of Pearl

Beautiful Japanese shibayama box and cover, of rectangular form, decorated with a fan and star shaped ivory panel with flowers and butterflies, on a heavy ground of flower heads in mother of pearl, with tromp l'oeil basket weave in mother of pearl, a/f, 6…

Stunning Japanese gold lacquer, silver, ivory and shibayama…

Japanese Lacquer Tray with Ivory and Shibayama Decoration

Stunning Japanese gold lacquer, silver, ivory and shibayama tray, of scalloped oval form, set with two central ivory panels decorated with a bird perched in a tree and a figure under tree, surrounded by gold and shibayama panels of birds and vases of…

Large antique Shibayama & lacquer charger 45 diameter

Antique Shibayama & Lacquer Charger - 45" Diameter

Large antique Shibayama & lacquer charger 45 diameter

Stunning Japanese gold lacquer, silver, ivory and shibayama…

Japanese Shibayama Tray with Gold, Silver, and Ivory Decoration

Stunning Japanese gold lacquer, silver, ivory and shibayama tray, of scalloped oval form, set with two central ivory panels decorated with a bird perched in a tree and a figure under tree, surrounded by gold and shibayama panels of birds and vases of…

Beautiful Japanese shibayama box and cover, of rectangular form,…

Japanese Shibayama Box with Floral and Butterfly Decoration

Beautiful Japanese shibayama box and cover, of rectangular form, decorated with a fan and star shaped ivory panel with flowers and butterflies, on a heavy ground of flower heads in mother of pearl, with tromp l'oeil basket weave in mother of pearl, a/f, 6…

Japanese silver shibayama Koro and cover of domed rectangular…

Silver Shibayama Koro with Enamel and Filigree Handles

Japanese silver shibayama Koro and cover of domed rectangular form, with floral finial above a lobed body, set with two gilt shibayama panels displaying birds perched within a tree and a basket hanging from a tree full of flowers, flanked by enamel and…

Lovely pair of Japanese whist shibayama counters, of…

Japanese Shibayama Whist Counters with Insect Decoration

Lovely pair of Japanese whist shibayama counters, of rectangular form, decorated with insects, in ivory and lacquer, slight a/f to one, length 9 cm (2)

Fine Japanese lacquer and shibayama Inro and Ojime, in five…

Japanese Shibayama Lacquer Inro and Ojime with Warrior Painting

Fine Japanese lacquer and shibayama Inro and Ojime, in five sections, beautifully decorated in shibayama with warrior painting a screen with three warriors watching, on a gilt lacquered finish, signature in mother of pearl plaque, with ivory bound shaped…

A Japanese late Meiji period ivory miniature cabinet, the front…

Meiji Ivory Cabinet with Shibayama Inlay and Bamboo Legs

A Japanese late Meiji period ivory miniature cabinet, the front with two doors above a drawer inlaid with shibayama decoration of birds, florals and insects, the exterior top, sides and base engraved with a basket weave pattern, the two doors open to…

A pair of Japanese Meiji lacquered bamboo and shibayama floor…

Japanese Meiji Lacquered Bamboo Shibayama Floor Vases on Stands

A pair of Japanese Meiji lacquered bamboo and shibayama floor vases on stands, height 65 cm

Pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze shibayama vases the small…

Japanese Shibayama Bronze Vases with Bird and Floral Inlay

Pair of Japanese Meiji period bronze shibayama vases the small bottle shaped vases inlaid with birds and floral decoration in brass and copper, 12 cm height

Japanese Meiji period copper shibayama ink well and dish the…

Meiji Copper Shibayama Inkwell & Dish with Silver Inlay

Japanese Meiji period copper shibayama ink well and dish the circular dish and ovoid inkwell inlaid in silver and brass flowering plants, 14 cm diameter

A pair of Japanese shibayama panels, late 19th century, each…

Japanese Shibayama Panels, Late 19th Century

A pair of Japanese shibayama panels, late 19th century, each inlaid in bone and mother of pearl on a lacquered ground, one with a peony and birds and the other a chrysanthemum and dragonfly, signed lower right on each, 59 x 35 cm. Provenance: Buxton…

A Japanese Tusk-Form ivory shibayama sewing NÉCessaire.…

Japanese Ivory Sewing Set with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay

A Japanese Tusk-Form ivory shibayama sewing NÉCessaire. Meiji period (1868-1912) - the hinged tusk body finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl depicting a bird bathing amidst sprays of blossoming peony branches and butterflies, with silver-plated bun…

A Japanese shibayama inlaid ivory page turner, late Meiji…

Shibayama Inlaid Ivory Page Turner with Insects

A Japanese shibayama inlaid ivory page turner, late Meiji period, circa 1900 the long rectangular and slightly shaped page turner, with two finely inlaid and engraved insects on one side, a butterfly with mother of pearl wings and a coral-bodied ladybird.…

Shibayama pair of antique Japanese oval wall plaques, Meiji…

Meiji Period Japanese Oval Wall Plaques (Pair)

Shibayama pair of antique Japanese oval wall plaques, Meiji period, 19th century, 54 x 42 cm each overall

19th century Japanese Tanto and shibayama scabbard with blade…

19th Century Japanese Tanto with Shibayama Scabbard

19th century Japanese Tanto and shibayama scabbard with blade of straight shobu tsukuri form, set within a ribbed lacquered scabbard with shibayama floral decoration in coral, mother of pearl and horn, a/f (one silver pommel replaced), length of blade 22…

A Japanese shibayama pot on carved wooden stand, Meiji period,…

Meiji Shibayama Pot on Carved Stand with Losses

A Japanese shibayama pot on carved wooden stand, Meiji period, with numerous losses, 66 cm high

A Japanese shibayama red lacquer fire screen, Meiji period,…

Meiji Shibayama Red Lacquer Fire Screen

A Japanese shibayama red lacquer fire screen, Meiji period, 19th century, 85 cm high, 75 cm wide

Delightful Japanese shibayama ivory melon, of lobed form with…

Japanese Shibayama Ivory Melon with Insect Inlays

Delightful Japanese shibayama ivory melon, of lobed form with an elongated stem, the body inlaid with various insects, four character mark to base, height 9 cm and width 5.5 cm

Delightful Japanese Meiji period shibayama handled dessert…

Meiji Shibayama Dessert Set in Fitted Case

Delightful Japanese Meiji period shibayama handled dessert service, comprising dessert forks and knives in a setting for twelve, the ivory handles inlaid with mother of pearl, coral and hardstones, with gilt birds and foliage, the blades engraved in…

Exquisite Japanese Meiji period tortoise shell and shibayama…

Exquisite Meiji Tortoise Shell Shibayama Bowl by Kaneko Sei

Exquisite Japanese Meiji period tortoise shell and shibayama bowl, by Kaneko sei, c.1890, of deep rounded form, the interior finely decorated in gilt with central roundel featuring applied mother of pearl and jade peonies, butterfly and bird, set within a…

Stunning Japanese Meiji period sterling silver and shibayama…

Meiji Period Shibayama Tray with Sterling Silver Frame

Stunning Japanese Meiji period sterling silver and shibayama tray, of rectangular form with shaped corners and raised on four pierced bracket feet, the tray featuring a central gold lacquer panel depicting a blossoming tree and birds before a mountainous…

A fine Japanese jewellery box, basket weave mother of pearl…

Japanese Mother of Pearl Jewellery Box with Shibayama Panel

A fine Japanese jewellery box, basket weave mother of pearl with horn trim and shibayama panel top, Meiji period, 8 cm high,16 cm wide, 11.5 cm deep

A pair of framed carved shell and coral animal studies, Nicely…

Framed Carved Shell and Coral Animal Studies

A pair of framed carved shell and coral animal studies, Nicely carved, featuring insects, frogs and snails, all mounted and presented in walnut frames. Originally insets taken from Japanese shibayama panels and mounted in later frames. Each 22 cm x 27 cm

A Japanese bi-fold shibayama screen, carved wood, lacquer,…

Japanese Shibayama Bi-Fold Screen, Meiji Period

A Japanese bi-fold shibayama screen, carved wood, lacquer, ivory and bone, Meiji period, 19th century, 187 cm high, 166 cm wide

A Japanese bone inlay panel, Meiji period (1868-1912), circa…

Meiji Period Bone Inlay Panel with Shibayama Style Design

A Japanese bone inlay panel, Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 1890, a stunning shibayama style inlaid panel featuring blooming peony, spring flowers and wren atop young bamboo. An additional silver engraved disc on bottom left noting 'Au Mikado - Comiands…

Lovely pair of Japanese Meiji period ivory shibayama vases, of…

Meiji Ivory Shibayama Vases with Butterfly Inlay

Lovely pair of Japanese Meiji period ivory shibayama vases, of slightly tapering cylindrical form, inlaid with scenes of flowering branches and butterflies, on wooden stands, height 8 cm (not including stand) (2). Provenance: The Ivan Ban collection

A Japanese shibayama inlaid plate, Meiji Period the central…

Shibayama Plate: Birds, Flowers, and Filigree Border

A Japanese shibayama inlaid plate, Meiji Period the central gilded metal panel finely inlaid and relief moulded with a scene of birds and flowers under a prunus tree within an ornate filigree silver border 25 cm diameter

Japanese shibayama and ivory covered box Meiji period…

Shibayama Ivory Box with Bird and Butterfly Design

Japanese shibayama and ivory covered box Meiji period (1868-1912) of rectangular form, the lid decorated with bird and butterfly amongst branches highlighted with mother of pearl flowers, signed

Japanese shibayama and ivory case of rectangular form, the…

Shibayama Ivory Case with Bird and Family Motif

Japanese shibayama and ivory case of rectangular form, the front decorated with birds amongst lacquer foliage, the reverse with couple and child

A refined Japanese ivory and shibayama Shoehorn, Meiji period,…

Japanese Ivory and Shibayama Shoehorn, Meiji Period

A refined Japanese ivory and shibayama Shoehorn, Meiji period, 1868-1912, a small shoehorn of typical form featuring a skull entwined with a snake, and finely decorated with a gilt bird and pendant flora, length 13 cm

Japanese Meiji period ivory shibayama brush pot, following the…

Meiji Ivory Brush Pot with Shibayama Inlay

Japanese Meiji period ivory shibayama brush pot, following the natural shape of the tusk, decorated and inlaid with images of vases, flowers and blossoming tress, signed, inscribed to base 'Presented to// W.H Telfer Esq//by the// Coventry Colliery sports…

Two Japanese figural netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), mid 19th…

Edo Period Figural Netsuke Pair

Two Japanese figural netsuke, Edo period (1603-1868), mid 19th century, the first a Noh performer in wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, stained bone and cloisonne enamel plaques in the shibayama style, signed Gyokuzan, the second a priest with Uchiwa fan,…

Carved ivory shibayama shoe horn, finial carved with cat

Shibayama Cat Shoe Horn

Carved ivory shibayama shoe horn, finial carved with cat

A shibayama decorated rosewood elephant, Meiji period,…

Shibayama Rosewood Elephant with Intricate Beadwork

A shibayama decorated rosewood elephant, Meiji period, 1868-1912, a caparisoned elephant with a strap and beadwork head dress embellished with, jade tiles, carnelian, mother-of-pearl and natural and coloured ivory, the saddle featuring overlapping…

A Japanese ivory shoe horn carved with a monkey face & a…

Japanese Ivory Shoe Horn with Monkey Face & Inlay

A Japanese ivory shoe horn carved with a monkey face & a shibayama circular ring & two others, Showa period, early 20th century, inlaid with a bee, grasshopper & flowering branch, some losses to inlay [4], length 13 cm, diameter 4.5 cm

A shibayama ivory elephant Meiji period, 1868-1912, the…

Shibayama Ivory Elephant with Beaded Headdress

A shibayama ivory elephant Meiji period, 1868-1912, the elephant with caparison and beaded headdress decorated with mother-of-pearl and coloured ivory embellishments, height 6.5 cm, width 10.5 cm

Japanese Meiji gold lacquer silver and shibayama tray crafted…

Meiji Gold Lacquer and Shibayama Tray

Japanese Meiji gold lacquer silver and shibayama tray crafted in the scalloped form with a silver rim inlayed with cloisonne flowers, leading down to gilded interior each decorated with s symmetrical pattern with pearl and enamel detail. The mid section…

Pair of Meiji gold laquer silver and shibayama vases of square…

Meiji Gold Lacquer Shibayama Vases with Elephant Handles

Pair of Meiji gold laquer silver and shibayama vases of square form baluster shape in gold lacquer, the rims lined in silver, the neck with flowers and leaves on a matt gold ground and with silvered mounts with elephant themed ring handles. The body with…

A pair of Japanese shibayama panels, Meiji Period, 19th century,…

Meiji Shibayama Panels, 19th Century Japan

A pair of Japanese shibayama panels, Meiji Period, 19th century, 70 x 40 cm each

A Japanese horn and shibayama style vase, Meiji period, 19th…

Meiji Period Horn and Shibayama Vase

A Japanese horn and shibayama style vase, Meiji period, 19th century, of tapered form and sealed with on the underside with clear glass, an unusual horn vessel featuring shibayama style inlay and lacquer work. Spring blossom, sprays of flowers and cranes…

A good Tokyo school ivory and shibayama netsuke of a young boy,…

Meiji Period Shibayama Netsuke of Young Boy

A good Tokyo school ivory and shibayama netsuke of a young boy, late Meiji period, seated pulling a face whilst hiding a hooked tool behind his back, his tongue articulates to poke out, his costume inlaid with decorative details in various materials, the…

Ornate Japanese red lacquered screen the top rail formed as a…

Japanese Dragon and Peacock Lacquered Screen

Ornate Japanese red lacquered screen the top rail formed as a dragon, the centre inlaid in ivory and shibayama figure and peacock in a landscape, the base decorated with bids on heavy scrolling feet

A shibayama panel, & watercolour on metallic paper, Prunus…

Shibayama and Watercolor Prunus Branch Panel with Inlay

A shibayama panel, & watercolour on metallic paper, Prunus branch, each with red seal of maker, a flowering branch with bone & mother of pearl inlay, quality frame, condition: loss of one flower on shibayama, 62 x 46, 40 x 32 cm

Fine Meiji Japanese ivory, silver & shibayama vase signed to…

Meiji Ivory & Shibayama Vase with Silver & Enamel Decoration

Fine Meiji Japanese ivory, silver & shibayama vase signed to base and body, the silver overlaid with coloured enamel decorations, the body decorated in mother of pearl and tortoiseshell with birds in a tree, butterfly and blossom

Three Japanese shibayama whist Markers c.1900 ivory and…

Japanese Shibayama Whist Markers, c.1900

Three Japanese shibayama whist Markers c.1900 ivory and rosewood length 8.8 cm

A Japanese Tsuishu & shibayama lidded jar, 19th century, the…

Japanese Tsuishu & Shibayama Carved Red Lacquer Lidded Jar

A Japanese Tsuishu & shibayama lidded jar, 19th century, the body and cover of carved red lacquer, inset with gold Kinji ground and decorated reserves of birds and flowers, the base depicting dramatic waves in carved & lacquered wood and the finials in…

Meiji ivory shibayama notebook depicting two storks under…

Meiji Ivory Notebook with Storks, Peacock, and Flowers

Meiji ivory shibayama notebook depicting two storks under cherry blossom & bamboo trees to one side & a peacock under a grape vine & chrysanthemums to verso. Marked inside 'Mrs H.E. Lord. Sydney' & has a internal divider & another loose ivory panel.

Japanese shibayama brush pot. Ivory (elephant), finely…

Shibayama Ivory Brush Pot with Semi-Precious Stones

Japanese shibayama brush pot. Ivory (elephant), finely decorated to front & verso, with mother of pearl & semi precious stone, apple blossoms, finished with a silver fretwork applied rim, signature to side, height 41 cm

A fine large pair of antique shibayama ivory vases, Meiji…

Antique Shibayama Ivory Vases with Bird and Flower Motifs

A fine large pair of antique shibayama ivory vases, Meiji period, 1865-1912, Utilising the natural curvature of the tusk, exquisitely decorated in gold, coral, mother-of-pearl and depicting various birds including fowl and auspicious red crested cranes…

Japanese silver and white metal shibayama lidded urn, with…

Shibayama Enamel and Metal Urn with Dragon Handles

Japanese silver and white metal shibayama lidded urn, with polychrome enamel decoration, flanked by shibayama panels depicting flowers and birds with coral, mother-of-pearl and ivory embellishments, with two dragon handles, the lid surmounted by an eagle,…

A shibayama ivory tusk vase mounted as a lamp, Meiji Period,…

Shibayama Ivory Tusk Vase Lamp, Meiji Period

A shibayama ivory tusk vase mounted as a lamp, Meiji Period, late 19th century, the slightly curved cylindrical tusk inlaid in various materials including mother-of-pearl and stained ivory, with a cockerel perched on a blossoming tree, a hen and chicks on…

Meiji shibayama & lacquer pair of panels depicting birds…

Meiji Shibayama Lacquer Bird Panels

Meiji shibayama & lacquer pair of panels depicting birds amongst purple wisteria trees, carved in ivory, bone & mother of pearl on a green lacquer ground, set in a carved timber frame. condition good to fair, some losses to two flowers. Dimensions of…

Antique Japanese Meiji period red and black lacquer shibayama…

Meiji Period Shibayama Lacquer Chicken & Chrysanthemum Screen

Antique Japanese Meiji period red and black lacquer shibayama table screen. Chickens amongst flowering chrysanthemums, some losses

A Japanese ivory shibayama card case, the rectangular case…

Japanese Ivory Shibayama Card Case with Inlaid Birds and Insects

A Japanese ivory shibayama card case, the rectangular case inlaid with bronze, coral and mother of pearl depicting birds and insects amongst foliage

A 19th century fine shibayama gold lacquer tsuba, Meiji period,…

Meiji Shibayama Gold Lacquer Tsuba

A 19th century fine shibayama gold lacquer tsuba, Meiji period, of quatrefoil form, the kinji ground of gold decorated with reference to the Tanabata festival in hiramakie and takamakie, the reverse depicting a bird catching an insect, flowers in shell…

A very fine shibayama gold lacquer Mokkogata tsuba, Meiji…

Shibayama Gold Lacquer Tsuba with Rabbit and Oni Motifs

A very fine shibayama gold lacquer Mokkogata tsuba, Meiji period, signed Nemoto-zo. Inlaid in mother of pearl, coral, ivory, and shakudo on a nashiji and kirikane ground and decorated in takamakie and hiramakie lacquer, with silver and cloisonne rim., one…

A Japanese shibayama vase, Meiji period (1868-1912),…

Shibayama Vase with Floriate and Insect Motif

A Japanese shibayama vase, Meiji period (1868-1912), elaborately lacquered and inlaid with floriate, insect and duck motif, mounted on gilt lacquered wooden base, 33 cm total height (losses to inlay, one foot repaired)

Shibayama Japanese floral panel, early 20th century. Frame 40 x…

Shibayama Japanese floral panel, early 20th century. Frame 40 x 62 cm

Japanese shibayama lacquered tray, Meiji period. 76 x 56 cm

Meiji Shibayama Lacquered Tray (76 x 56 cm)

Japanese shibayama lacquered tray, Meiji period. 76 x 56 cm

Pair of Meiji period shibayama & red lacquered panels with…

Pair of Meiji period shibayama & red lacquered panels with geisha scenes. 47 x 90 cm each

A rare Meiji Japanese wooden Inro Tonkotsu, with shibayama…

Meiji Japanese Inro with Shibayama Inlay Decoration

A rare Meiji Japanese wooden Inro Tonkotsu, with shibayama inlay decoration, original ivory Ojime bead and Hirado ceramic Fungi netsuke. Inro 7 cm high.

A fine Meiji Japanese Inro with shibayama inlaid decoration.…

Meiji Inro with Shibayama Inlay and Mushroom Netsuke

A fine Meiji Japanese Inro with shibayama inlaid decoration. Original Satsuma ojime bead and original boxwood mushroom netsuke. 9 cm.

Three Meiji Japanese shibayama ivory and lacquer inlaid panels…

Meiji Shibayama Ivory Panels with Figural Scenes

Three Meiji Japanese shibayama ivory and lacquer inlaid panels with figural scenes. Largest 26 cm.

Antique Japanese carved wood and lacquer two fold screen,…

Japanese Shibayama Bird and Blossom Screen

Antique Japanese carved wood and lacquer two fold screen, mounted with shibayama work of birds on blossoming branches, each panel approx 187 cm high, 80 cm wide

An ivory figural okimono, late Meiji period, of a man on a…

Ivory Okimono with Shibayama Brushpots and Stands

An ivory figural okimono, late Meiji period, of a man on a rocky ledge carrying a basket on his head filled with gourds, the fruiting vine trailing down to a small boy standing on a lower ledge; together with a pair of small shibayama brushpots, each…

A pair of Japanese shibayama flower vases on stands, Meiji or…

Japanese Shibayama Flower Vases on Stands

A pair of Japanese shibayama flower vases on stands, Meiji or Taisho carved in high relief with similar images of figures from a fishing village against a pine-tree landscape, 30.5 cm high (2). Provenance: Private collection NSW

Six Japanese wood and ivory shibayama whist counters, Meiji…

Japanese Wood and Ivory Shibayama Whist Counters

Six Japanese wood and ivory shibayama whist counters, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, with inlaid design of insects and birds, each 9 x 5.8 cm

An impressive Japanese hardwood shibayama Shodana, Meiji Period,…

Japanese Hardwood Shibayama Shodana Cabinet

An impressive Japanese hardwood shibayama Shodana, Meiji Period, 1868-1912, the doors lacquered and inlaid with bone, ivory and mother of pearl, the wooden borders and aprons finely pierced and carved, supported on a low rectangular stand, 210 cm high,…

A large lacquered wood panel. Inlaid with ivory, in the style…

Ivory-inlaid Lacquered Wood Panel with Bird and Flowers

A large lacquered wood panel. Inlaid with ivory, in the style of shibayama. Design of a bird above a flowering bush. A/f. Height 91 cm. Width 51 cm

Japanese shibayama 'Ox-bone' Bezique counter. Beautifully…

Shibayama Mother of Pearl Bezique Counter

Japanese shibayama 'Ox-bone' Bezique counter. Beautifully decorated with gilded and inlaid mother of pearl birds, butterflies and insects, surrounding a gilded sprig, probably Meiji period. Length 9 cm

A Japanese shibayama box and cover Meiji period, circa 1900…

Meiji Shibayama Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay

A Japanese shibayama box and cover Meiji period, circa 1900 ebonised surround inlaid with mother of pearl, ivory and coral minimal loss, 9.5 cm length

Small Japanese shibayama cabinet, Meiji period (1868-1912),…

Shibayama Ivory Cabinet with Blossoming Sprays

Small Japanese shibayama cabinet, Meiji period (1868-1912), with ivory panels inlaid in shibayama style with blossoming sprays, the wood frames and the blue painted panels decorated in gold lacquer. 96.5 cm x 52.5 cm

A c.1900 ivory and horn letter knife, the tapered plain ivory…

Ivory and Horn Letter Knife with Shibayama Work

A c.1900 ivory and horn letter knife, the tapered plain ivory blade fitted to the horn handle with shibayama work in mother-of-pearl as a floral spray. Length 22 cm