Lot 305

Some very minor wear to the silver and gold decoration - however all intact and visible


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The unusual motif derives from a collection of stories written by the priest Kekno in the 14th century called the Tsurezuregusa, and the Noh play Kanawa, in which the horse caught in the web symbolises man's flimsy attempt to reign in human passion.