Shibayama and ivory kenbyo table screen,... - Lot 78 - Ader

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Shibayama and ivory kenbyo table screen,... - Lot 78 - Ader
Shibayama and ivory kenbyo table screen, Japan, signed Munetoshi, Tokyo school, Meiji period (1868-1912) Consisting of a plate whose obverse is decorated with tsuru (red-headed cranes) among bamboos, flowers and red berry bushes. On the reverse side, a famous scene from a Japanese legend: Tadamori and the oil thief, carved according to the shishiaïbori or plunging carving technique, i.e. a relief worked towards the inside and not exceeding the surface of the support. This technique was also widely used by metal chiselers for the manufacture of sword mounts. The scene is signed in the lower left corner Munetoshi. The base consists of two vertical runners fixed on two poly-lobed feet, the whole decorated in takamakie and gold hiramakie with Greek, scrolls and medallions with floral decoration. Total height: 31 cm; panel size: 24.2 x 14.8 cm; base size: 21 x 20.5 x 7.5 cm; gross weight: 620 g The artist used a technique of inlaying various materials such as mother-of-pearl, tinted ivory, tortoiseshell and coral which was developed by a famous family of artists whose name became the generic term to identify this method, the "shibayama". According to the regulation that came into force on January 19, 2022, intra-EU trade in ivory is subject to obtaining a CIC certificate. Re-exportation outside the European Union is prohibited.
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