A LARGE LACQUER PLAQUE
A LARGE LACQUER PLAQUE

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), BEARING SIGNATURE GYONEN NANAJUICHI-O (AGE 71) ZESHIN SEI, SEALED KOMA [SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)]

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A LARGE LACQUER PLAQUE
meiji period (late 19th century), bearing signature gyonen nanajuichi-o (age 71) zeshin sei, sealed koma [shibata zeshin (1807-1891)]
A rectangular lacquer plaque decorated in black relief-lacquer on a black lacquer ground (yamimaki-e) and silver hiramaki-e with crickets on autumn grasses against a large silver moon, half obscured by a hill in low relief, the grasses dotted with dewdrops of inlaid pewter, lacquered wood frame
18 x 24.7/8in. (45.8 x 63.3cm.)