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Sutra Box with Lotus Pond 1
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SKU
WMET0088
Our Inspiration: Sutra Box (Kyōbako) with Lotus Pond
Japan, Edo period
Lacquered wood with gold togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”); early 17th century
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015 2015.300.292a–c
This box with a shallow drawer was made to hold Buddhist sutras and is decorated with the sacred symbol of Buddhist art: the lotus pond. The style of the leaves, stems, and seed heads in the various stages of the plant’s life is reminiscent of early 17th-century designs by Tawaraya Sōtatsu. The application of the hiramaki-e (flat “sprinkled picture”) and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) sprinkling represents a later type of the Kōdaiji lacquer style.
Our Inspiration: Sutra Box (Kyōbako) with Lotus Pond
Japan, Edo period
Lacquered wood with gold togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”); early 17th century
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015 2015.300.292a–c
This box with a shallow drawer was made to hold Buddhist sutras and is decorated with the sacred symbol of Buddhist art: the lotus pond. The style of the leaves, stems, and seed heads in the various stages of the plant’s life is reminiscent of early 17th-century designs by Tawaraya Sōtatsu. The application of the hiramaki-e (flat “sprinkled picture”) and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) sprinkling represents a later type of the Kōdaiji lacquer style.
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Sutra Box with Lotus Pond 2
Size: 22.88"w x 26.88"h