Meiji period (1868-1912), both panels have immensely rich detail articulated in shell, mother-of-pearl, and bone along with carved wood, each has a vivid blue circular panel in the center of a deep black rectangular ground, the circular panels are inlaid with depictions of a parrot on an elegant hanging swing and the other a snowy white owl on a flowering branch, probably originally set as a two-panel screen and then fitted into cabinet doors when arriving on the continent.

DOA 42 x 26.25 in. (each panel)

The Estate of Mary Gorham Bynum of Rockingham and Pinehurst, NC

In very good condition, with only a few areas of loss to inlay on both panels.

$500 - 1,000