and the shibiyama is this decoration which is basically ivory.d then it is just made with stained mother of pearl, tortoiseshell. it's a very beautiful, very colorful, very refined technique. and then of course, the bodies of the vases themselves are silver and this would all have been hand-raised, hand-made and then enameled, and... and then the panels of ivory set in separately. and this of course is the dragon chasing the flaming pearl... - right. - ...which is a very typical motif both in china and japan. and they are really extraordinarily decorative and generally speaking in pretty good condition as well, because they're often damaged. - yeah, one of them-- - i have noticed there is - one section missing here. - yeah. are the dragons supposed to move or should they be fixed? i think the dragons were fixed, because i noticed that this one is quite loose. - yeah. - but you can actually see a little bit of solder there. and i think probably the tail or something was attached. - mm-hmm. - and you can also see - there's a little bit of solder th