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馬に中国五大山表象図蒔絵螺鈿印籠　銘「常嘉斎」「楊成造」　19世紀

Provenance: W. L. Behrens collection, no.465.
E. Evelyn Barron collection.
M. T. Hindson collection.
Michael Birch collection, purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1980.
Wrangham collection, no.1473.

Published: the International Netsuke Society Journal,
vol.17, no.1, p.33, fig.5, where the origins of the design are also reproduced as figs.2, 3 and 4.

The design of the reverse is taken from Chengshi Moyuan by Cheng Dayue, 'A compendium of Chinese ink-cake designs', published in 1606. The symbols are also reproduced in Fang shi mopu, 1588; and in Kokon Gaso, first published in 1770.

The five sacred montains of China are identified as:
Tai shan in Shantung
Hua Shan in Shensi
Heng Shan in Chili
Heng Shan in Hunan
Tai Shi in Honan.

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