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Lot 98*
A wood bon (small tray) By Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), dated 1891
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £2,500
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By Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), dated 1891
Of rectangular form, carved with a folded-over corner, simulating double sheets of paper, painted in a sketchy manner with a wrapped folded fan and a branch of kadomatsu on a partially gold-splashed ground; with tomobako inscribed on the cover Ju-shikishi and on the inside Gyonen hachi-ju-go o (at the age of 85), Zeshin ga. 21.2cm (8 3/8in) x 18.1cm (7 1/8in). (2).
Of rectangular form, carved with a folded-over corner, simulating double sheets of paper, painted in a sketchy manner with a wrapped folded fan and a branch of kadomatsu on a partially gold-splashed ground; with tomobako inscribed on the cover Ju-shikishi and on the inside Gyonen hachi-ju-go o (at the age of 85), Zeshin ga. 21.2cm (8 3/8in) x 18.1cm (7 1/8in). (2).
Footnotes
木製重色紙形扇図盆 柴田是真 1891年
The bon was made in the last year of Zeshin's life, 1891, when he fell ill and died on July 13th.
























