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Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891) TANZAKU (POEM CARD) WITH URUSHI-E (LACQUER PAINTING) OF A GOURD 瓢箪図漆絵短冊 Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1890 (2) image 1
Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891) TANZAKU (POEM CARD) WITH URUSHI-E (LACQUER PAINTING) OF A GOURD 瓢箪図漆絵短冊 Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1890 (2) image 2
Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891) TANZAKU (POEM CARD) WITH URUSHI-E (LACQUER PAINTING) OF A GOURD 瓢箪図漆絵短冊 Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1890 (2) image 3
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Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891) TANZAKU (POEM CARD) WITH URUSHI-E (LACQUER PAINTING) OF A GOURD 瓢箪図漆絵短冊
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1890

5 November 2014, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

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Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891) TANZAKU (POEM CARD) WITH URUSHI-E (LACQUER PAINTING) OF A GOURD 瓢箪図漆絵短冊

Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1890
Lacquer on paper with flakes of gold and silver, mounted on silver-backed card, depicting a partial view of a natural gourd, fitted with a red silk cord and a stopper
Signed Zeshin 是真 with seal Reisai 令哉
35 × 5.7 cm (13¾ × 2¼ in.)
Arched wood storage box with gold maki-e inscription Tanzaku Zeshin hitsu たんざく 是真筆 (Tanzaku brushed by Zeshin) (2).

Footnotes

For an example of an actual gourd fitted with a red silk cord, lacquered by Zeshin with a springtime dandelion design, see Nezu Bijutsukan 2012, cat. no. 30.

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