A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-AND-IVORY INLAY CARVED BAMBOO VASEMeiji period56,5 cm highThe external surface of the bamboo vase deeply carved with rocks, trees and clouds, the mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays assembled to build the figure of a fierce samurai, each tile finely incis
A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-AND-IVORY INLAY CARVED BAMBOO VASEMeiji period56,5 cm highThe external surface of the bamboo vase deeply carved with rocks, trees and clouds, the mother-of-pearl and ivory inlays assembled to build the figure of a fierce samurai, each tile finely incised, gilt and painted, inscribed大日本帝國大坂/ 荒井桃雲齊造之 (Dai Nihon mikado kuni ōsaka/ Arai Tōunsai tsukuru kore, “Made by Arai Tōunsai from Osaka in the great Imperial Japan”) on a rectangular cartouche on the lower part of the vase.Provenance: the property of a gentleman