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