A fine Shibayama Vase and Cover, c.1880, each side with a silver-edged panel of Daikoku's mallet or Hotei leaning on his bag, the sides with silver chrysanthemum handles, the flat cover with karakusa scrolls and florets on which sits a monkey in a jacket holding a gilt peach above a cloud collar on the shoulders, all on an ivory stand carved with scrolls and leaves, lid chip , 12.3cm (2) The Japanese preferred their silver to tarnish naturally and not to polish it. In fact, they imitated the tarnish with an amalgam of copper, gold and other metals which produced a black lacquer-like finish.
A fine Shibayama Vase and Cover, c.1880, each side with a silver-edged panel of Daikoku's mallet or Hotei leaning on his bag, the sides with silver chrysanthemum handles, the flat cover with karakusa scrolls and florets on which sits a monkey in a jacket holding a gilt peach above a cloud collar on the shoulders, all on an ivory stand carved with scrolls and leaves, lid chip , 12.3cm (2) The Japanese preferred their silver to tarnish naturally and not to polish it. In fact, they imitated the tarnish with an amalgam of copper, gold and other metals which produced a black lacquer-like finish.
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