A rare Shibayama inlaid 'Mille-Fleurs' tsuba, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Photo: Sotheby's.

of mokko form, each side decorated in the Shibayama style on a silver ground with a dense bouquet of mixed flowers including chrysanthemum, peony, hydrangea and sakura, all skillfully inlaid in stained mother-of-pearl, with elegant cloisonné enamel butterflies among peonies around the seppadai, mokkogata silver mounted mimi, 9.7cm.; 3.8in. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 GBP

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR PETER MOORES CBE DL, REMOVED FROM PARBOLD HALL, LANCASHIRE

Provenance: Christie's London, 15 June 1998, lot 63 

Sotheby's. Collections. London | 24 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com