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Japanese Works of Art from Private Collections
Japanese Works of Art from Private Collections
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A shikishi-bako [box for square calligraphy paper] | Edo period, 17th century
Lot Closed
October 5, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from a Collection
A shikishi-bako [box for square calligraphy paper]
Edo period, 17th century
the rectangular box with overhanging cover, decorated in Koetsu style in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, and inlaid in mother-of-pearl and lead on a black ground, depicting the entrance to the Nonomiya Shrine with a torii gate beneath a shrouded moon, among tall autumn grasses and a sedge grass fence, the interior with branch of plum blossom and a crescent moon, fundame rims
28 cm., 11⅛ in. long