TAISHIN NO FUJIN BY SHUNKOSAI CHOGETSU

Estimate

2,000 - 2,500 GBP

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Description

TAISHIN NO FUJINBY SHUNKOSAI CHOGETSU
Signed in an oval reserve Shunkosai Chogetsu
Ivory
5.1cm., 2in.

A two-part Manju, carved in delicate shishiaibori with Taishin no Fujin seated, playing a qin among flowers and rockwork; some details etched black and red.

Provenance

H. Seymour Trower Collection, sold in London, April, 1913, lot 378
Col. H.S.J Streatfield Collection, sold in London, 1923
Col. J. Bellhouse Gaskell Collection, sold in London, March and June 1926, lot 1481c

Literature

Illustrated in The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p.28.

Catalogue Note

Taishin no Fujin was a Chinese female sage who is generally depicted playing the qin (Chinese harp) while seated on a white dragon.