ANTIQUE 19thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER, ENAMEL & SHIBAYAMA KORO c.1890
19th Century Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Koro (Incense Burner). The straight oval body is applied with very fine enamelled silver mounts, applied with two peacock shaped handles and the lid with a realistically modelled cockerel finial.
Each side is set with a finely carved pieces of various colours of mother of pearl, depicting a bird siting on a branch of a plum tree and reverse decorated with flowers. The solid silver foot and top decorated with delicate shaded enamel scrolls. The piece dates to the mid Meiji period (1890-1912), acid tested shows a 950+ silver standard, the side is marked with Makers mark (Masa Ichi or Sei Ichi)
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4658
19th Century Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Koro (Incense Burner). The straight oval body is applied with very fine enamelled silver mounts, applied with two peacock shaped handles and the lid with a realistically modelled cockerel finial.
Each side is set with a finely carved pieces of various colours of mother of pearl, depicting a bird siting on a branch of a plum tree and reverse decorated with flowers. The solid silver foot and top decorated with delicate shaded enamel scrolls. The piece dates to the mid Meiji period (1890-1912), acid tested shows a 950+ silver standard, the side is marked with Makers mark (Masa Ichi or Sei Ichi)
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4658
19th Century Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Koro (Incense Burner). The straight oval body is applied with very fine enamelled silver mounts, applied with two peacock shaped handles and the lid with a realistically modelled cockerel finial.
Each side is set with a finely carved pieces of various colours of mother of pearl, depicting a bird siting on a branch of a plum tree and reverse decorated with flowers. The solid silver foot and top decorated with delicate shaded enamel scrolls. The piece dates to the mid Meiji period (1890-1912), acid tested shows a 950+ silver standard, the side is marked with Makers mark (Masa Ichi or Sei Ichi)
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4658
DESCRIPTION
Antique late-19th Century Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Koro (Incense Burner). The straight oval body is applied with very fine enamelled silver mounts, applied with two peacock shaped handles and the lid with a realistically modelled cockerel finial.
Each side is set with a finely carved pieces of various colours of mother of pearl, depicting a bird siting on a branch of a plum tree and reverse decorated with flowers. The solid silver foot and top decorated with delicate shaded enamel scrolls. The piece dates to the mid Meiji period (1890-1912), acid tested shows a 950+ silver standard, the side is marked with Makers mark (Masa Ichi or Sei Ichi)
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 28cm
Width: 15 x 1cm
Weight: 695g
