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Japan, antique hand carved stone water basin tsukubai, rare columnar form, 27″h x 18″w, Edo period (1800-1850)
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Japan, antique hand carved stone water basin tsukubai, rare columnar form, 27″h x 18″w, Edo period (1800-1850)
Water basins tsukabai are singularly the most popular, frequent and practical garden ornament found in Japanese gardens.
They symbolize Buddhist “purification” and are usually strategically placed to allow visitors opportunity to cleanse hands prior to participating in a tea ceremony event or before honoring a shrine or temple.
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