A Japanese silver and gilt metal pendant 19th century
A Japanese silver and gilt metal pendant 19th century, formed as a chrysanthemum flowerhead, the reverse signed Masanobu with kakihan, 5.6cm.
Provenance: William Cleverley Alexander (1840-1916).
Cf. Burlington Fine Arts Club,Catalogue of Specimens of Japanese Lacquer and Metal Work Exhibited in 1894, pp.105-6.