A hardwood suzuribako (writing box) dated 1925 Taisho era (1912-26)...
A hardwood suzuribako (writing box) dated 1925
Taisho era (1912-26)
Rectangular with a fitted cover, set on a low foot and decorated with a recessed panel carved with Kannon seated beneath a pine tree on a rock by a stream, inscribed and signed on the interior of the cover Neiraku Masatsugu kore o Yuiga-dokuson koji Tessai (Design copied by Neiraku Masatsugu, the Buddhist layman Tessai), and with the artist's distinctive kao
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Kannon no zu suzuribako (Writing box with Kannon design) and signed on the interior Tessai, at the Saishoseisha in Nara, December 1925, with the same kao
9 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4in (23.5 x 16.5 x 4.5cm)
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A hardwood suzuribako (writing box) dated 1925
Taisho era (1912-26)
Rectangular with a fitted cover, set on a low foot and decorated with a recessed panel carved with Kannon seated beneath a pine tree on a rock by a stream, inscribed and signed on the interior of the cover Neiraku Masatsugu kore o Yuiga-dokuson koji Tessai (Design copied by Neiraku Masatsugu, the Buddhist layman Tessai), and with the artist's distinctive kao
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Kannon no zu suzuribako (Writing box with Kannon design) and signed on the interior Tessai, at the Saishoseisha in Nara, December 1925, with the same kao
9 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4in (23.5 x 16.5 x 4.5cm)
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