A Japanese Tanto with a gold lacquer sheath and handle inlaid with Shibiyama style decoration.

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Object Description

A Japanese Tanto with silver mounts, a gold lacquer sheath and handle inlaid with fine Shibiyama style decoration depicting an entertainer, birds and tree in bloom to the sheath and vases of flowers to the handle, the blade engraved with a dragon and a signature.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Registered under teh 2018 Ivory Act as less than 10% Ivory content – 3MS4ZD4E

Object Details

  • dimensions
    W:33 x centimeters
  • period
  • country
  • year
    Circa 1880

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7 Pierrepont Row
(Off Camden Passage)
London
N1 8EE

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