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A MAGNIFICENT SHIBATA ZESHIN PANEL
SIGNED ZESHIN AND SEALED TAIRYUKYO [SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)]
双鶏図蒔絵額
銘 是真 対柳居 [柴田是真 (1807-1891)]
The circular wood panel polished to reveal the complex wood grain and lacquered in
gold, silver, black and red hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, with inset mica eyes, depicting
two fghting cockerels, with ftted inner and outer boxes
41.7cm. diam.
£80,000-100,000 $140,000-170,000
€99,000-120,000

PROVENANCE:
Spink and Son Ltd., London
PUBLISHED:
Spink and Son Ltd., The Arts of Japan, (London, 1990), p. 30, no. 19.

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