Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 816
A LARGE JAPANESE CYPRESS TRAY FROM NARA'S HŌRYŪ-JI TEMPLE
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000
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Description
A LARGE JAPANESE HINOKI (CYPRESS) TRAY FROM NARA'S HŌRYŪ-JI TEMPLE
SHŌWA ERA, DATED 1981
The wooden cross-section slab taken from a pillar, with a rectangular heat-stamped mark reading as Hōryū-ji kozai zo (made with the old material of the Hōryūji temple), in a tomobako (wood box) inscribed Hōryū-ji Dai-kodo Kozan Suiban (from the Great Lecture Hall, a tray made from ancient wood), dated Shōwa 56 (1981), and signed Ryogen; 65cm. (2)