katagami stencil with a background design of sayagata (linked swastikas) coiling stems and leaf or flower fronds are scattered over the ground
Brief description
katagami stencil with a background design of sayagata (linked swastikas) coiling stems and leaf or flower fronds are scattered over the ground, 1850-1895
Date
1850-1890
Dimensions
height: 530mm
width: 339mm
stencil height: 436mm
stencil width: 245mm
More details
katagami stencil with a background design of sayagata (linked swastikas) coiling stems and leaf or flower fronds are scattered over the ground. Swastikas are a Buddhist auspicious emblem associated with virtue in the Japanese tradition. There is a key pattern border. This stencil is possibly one of a pair which would be overlaid to form the full design.
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