The Sansui Murmur — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Mountain-Water Landscape in Burnished Gold
Price from £208 to £297
A lumbar pillow cover in Japanese ceremonial silk, cut from a Nishijin fukuro obi (袋帯): a sansui (山水, mountain-water) landscape — permanence, change and mist — across burnished gold silk. Envelope-pocket back, no metal against the silk; 50 × 31 cm (also 36 × 31 cm). For contemplative, narrative interiors. Spot clean only. Unrepeatable, finished at the Renaras atelier, Amsterdam. Sansui. Mountain and water. The oldest compositional form in East Asian art — mountains for permanence, water for change, mist for the unknowable — rendered here in silk and thread. Against a warm burnished-gold silk ground, an entire sansui landscape unfolds: mountains rising through veils of mist, seasonal blossoms drifting between ravines, flowing water rendered in the finest curving lines of the ryūsui tradition. Sage-celadon hills layer against moss-green valleys; copper-bronze momiji maple leaves and pale plum blossoms scatter through the terrain, each element occupying its seasonal position with the precision of a Yamato-e scroll painting. The gold gives the composition its breath. The flowing water gives it its movement. A pillow for charcoal linen sofas, Scandinavian oak daybeds, ivory-dressed beds, study libraries — quiet beauty for ordinary moments, gathered around a shared table. The face carries the landscape composition. The reverse is finished in the obi's original solid gold satin — luminous, unadorned, perfectly weighted. Envelope pocket closure. No metal touches the visible silk. Product type Lumbar pillow cover Silk source Japanese ceremonial obi (pre-loved); origin Japan. Weave / technique Nishijin-ori 西陣織 (fukuro obi 袋帯) Motif Sansui 山水 (mountain-water landscape — permanence and change) Construction Envelope-pocket closure; no metal against the visible silk Dimensions 50 × 31 cm; also 36 × 31 cm Origin of silk Japan Assembled in Amsterdam, Netherlands Care Spot clean only Unrepeatable Yes SKU REN-PIL-023-L Renaras: Japanese ceremonial silk, reimagined for daily life. Each piece arrives with its own passport from the atelier — a small handmade record of the silk's first life and its transformation, signed and dated in Amsterdam. One silk. One story. One piece. Never repeated.
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Item The Sansui Murmur — Japanese Ceremonial Silk Lumbar Pillow, Mountain-Water Landscape in Burnished Gold
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