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A REISHI-FUNGUS SCEPTER
Japan, Showa era (1926–1989), 1929 The large scepter formed
from a natural branch of reishi fungus, the stem with a black-
lacquer finish
With a Japanese wooden tomobako storage box, the outside of the
lid inscribed Zuiun 瑞雲 (Auspicious Clouds), the side painted with
an ink rendering of the scepter, with a signed title 芝叶保卍壽 (A
reishi plant assures long life) and a signed Chinese poem 九莖呈瑞
美三秀擅英奇 (Its nine branches bestow good fortune and beauty,
the reishi surpasses in splendid curiosity), the inside of the lid with a
28-character Chinese poem in praise of the scepter, dated Shōwa
tsuchinoto-mi shoshun 昭和己巳 初春 (January 1929) and signed
Nyoi sanjin dai 如意山人題 (inscribed by Nyoi the recluse) with seals
Shinzui 真瑞 and Nyoi sanjin 如意山人 14 1/2in (36.7cm) long

US$2,000 - 3,000

Kuwabara Shinzui 桑原眞瑞, the author of the poem on the reverse
of the lid, was a monk and writer on philosophy active during the
1920s and 1930s.

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REISHIŌ 霊芝翁
A reishi-fungus scepter in the form of a fan Japan, Edo period
(1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912), late 19th–early 20th
century
Carved in the form of a rigid (non-folding) summer fan, the stem
finished in black lacquer and signed in red lacquer Reishiō 霊芝翁
With a Japanese wooden storage box inscribed on the exterior of
the lid Reishi uchiwa 霊芝団扇 (Reishi-fungus rigid fan), the interior
of the lid inscribed Reishiō 霊芝翁 and signed with a kaō (cursive
monogram), with a seal Reikosai 霊古斎
12in (30.5cm) long

US$800 - 1,200

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