Lot 51 D‡α

A superb Ishikawa Kômei ivory tusk vase.Tokyo. Ca. 1890

Carved with Chôhi (left), Ryûbei, the later emperor Gentoku (centre), and Kan'u with a goblet (right), seated at a high table with various dishes, underneath a blossoming peach tree. Signed Kômei and sealed Ishikawa. The foot with a silver lining with gilt chrysanthemums and leafy scrolls on a ground with clouds in relief. The lining is screwed onto a wooden base finely carved in at least two sections and displaying two confronting dragons and surrounded by waves and billowing clouds, the four feet carved with rising waves, one piece at the apron lost.
Height 38 cm; with stand 58.2 cm