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A shikishi-bako [box for square calligraphy paper]
Edo period, 17th century
A decorative box for square calligraphy paper from the early Edo period featuring Koetsu style decoration. The exterior depicts the Nonomiya Shrine entrance beneath a shrouded moon with autumn grasses, while the interior features plum blossoms and a crescent moon.
- Medium
- 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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
October 26, 2021
Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000
Lot 39
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