Japan, Meiji Period (1868-1912) Each panel similarly decorated with inlays of ivory and wood on rosewood, one panel with an eagle perched on a flowering branch of plum, the other with an eagle perched on a flowering branch of cherry and preying on a sparrow, the border decorated in lacquer with cherry blossoms H: 108 x L: 70 cm A single similar example sold at Christie’s London, auction 5795, 18 November 2014, lot 127, sold £6.250 This lot is composed of an endangered organic material. Its importmay be subject to restrictions and require a CITES certificate to be obtained at the buyer’s expense.