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A gilt-bronze sutra box
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1629The rectangular box constructed with a wood core and covered with gilt-bronze sheets worked on the surface with scrolling vines and stylized lotus flowers against a nanako ground, the surface further decorated with applied Dharmachakra (Wheel-of-Law) and vajra (Buddhist ken) symbols, the lower edges with shaped cut-aways, the strapping inscribed Sho[] Henshoin ju zo and dated Kan'ei tsuchinoto mi [] ju[] gatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in the 10th (?) month of 1629), applied with gilt-metal rings to hold cords; the interior lined with old silk brocadeWith a lacquered-wood storage box inscribed Mekki kyobako (Gilt-bronze sutra box) with an auction label from the Shoeisha auction gallery, Kyoto 13 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 6 1/4in (34 x 13 x 16cm)
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The label on the interior of the storage box states that this box was sold to a buyer by the name of Yamanaka for 360 yen. The Shoeisha auctions were presented by the Kyoto Bijutsu Club between 1949 and 1956.