Japanese Shibayama and Ivory Mounted Silver Vase Signed on applied gilt plaque Akihide, Meiji Period The bulbous tapering body raised on three ruyi-head feet applied with silver wire scrolling vines, flowers and leaves with enamel decoration and inset with eight ivory oblong plaques inlaid in mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell, colored ivory and horn with scenes of birds carved amidst flowers, the elongated cloud band carved ivory neck inset with a silver sinuous dragon beneath a silver flared rim with applied silver wire and enamel decoration. H: 12.5in (31.8 cm) See Illustration