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Lot 466
A gilt-copper panel By Mitsuharu, Meiji Period
11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£600 - £700
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By Mitsuharu, Meiji Period
Of slender rectangular form, bearing a burnished ground and engraved in deep katakiri with a rock manifesting as a goat, in silvered metal, signed Mitsuharu with seal; with wood storage box. 36½cm x 6cm (14 3/8in x 2 3/8in). (2).
Of slender rectangular form, bearing a burnished ground and engraved in deep katakiri with a rock manifesting as a goat, in silvered metal, signed Mitsuharu with seal; with wood storage box. 36½cm x 6cm (14 3/8in x 2 3/8in). (2).
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山羊図金工板 光春 明治時代
The subject illustrates the story of Koshohei, a Chinese sennin, who was a shepherd. He is renowned for living as a mountain hermit for forty years, turning goats into rocks and then reversing the process.
























