A Japanese lacquered wood and ivory model of a standing bijin

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A Japanese lacquered wood and ivory model of a standing bijin
holding a pair of scissors, wearing her hair in a bun with floral hairpin, dressed in long robes decorated in black and gold hiramakie and scattered nashiji with scattered kiku-heads above pine trees in a rocky landscape, the details in tsuishu lacquer -- 10¼.in (26cm) high.
See Colour Plate.

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