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SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
A yatate (portable writing set) with a lacquer one-case ink box
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The ink box black lacquer and decorated with blossoms and a
pomegranate in black takamaki-e finished in ishime texture, the
interior fitted with a pewter reservoir, signed Zeshin in “rat’s-tooth”
scratched manner, with a glass bead ojime with shakudo-ringed
himotoshi, the bamboo brush holder carved with openwork
resembling a Chinese-style table, the writing brush black-lacquer with
mother-of-pearl inlays of flowering vines
7 3/8in (18.7cm) long
$3,000 - 5,000
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