Japan. Meiji period. Ca. 1900. Wood with black lacquer, inlays in high relief with ivory and bone. Frame from brushed paulownia (kiri). The panels with butterflies hovering over flowering peony and chrysanthemums. The frame carved with stylized chrysanthemums. Height 106.5cm, width 64cm. Condition A/B.
Provenance: -Private collection Hesse, shown in a long term exhibition until summer 2017 in the Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum in Erbach.
Please note that objects made of ivory, rhinoceros horn and turtle shell, due to Cites regulations can only be sold within the European Community. At present the export in third countries is prohibited.