A BRONZE RELIEF PANEL

Description:

Japan, possibly Edo period
41 x 60 cm
Depiction of a temple complex lined with pine trees at full moon. Dark patinated bronze, the moon inlaid with silver. Inscription engraved on the reverse: 正徳元年 大谷祖模大塚藤原一次 (Shôtoku gannen (1711) Otani Sagami Ôtsuka Fujiwara Kazutsugu).
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Partly traces of age and small damages