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Life Imitates Art: Tiffany & Co. x Toyohara Chikanobu

Discover how life imitates art in unexpected moments of visual synchronicity

By Stefanie Li
“Tiffany Wonder” explores the Japanese influence on the brand’s stunning works of high jewelry
Left, a Pisces necklace from the Blue Book collection Out of the Blue. Right, Toyohara Chikanobu’s Walking in the Garden, from the Series Chiyoda Inner Palace (1896). Photo: LEFT: Courtesy of Tiffany & Co. RIGHT: Penta Springs Limited/Alamy

On view at the Tokyo Node through June 23, Tiffany & Co.’s exhibition “Tiffany Wonder” explores the Japanese influence on the brand’s stunning works of high jewelry, spotlighting 187 years of craft and creativity. That same spark of artistry is found in pieces like this Pisces necklace from the Blue Book collection Out of the Blue.

Graceful koi frolic above the water’s surface in Toyohara Chikanobu’s Walking in the Garden, from the Series Chiyoda Inner Palace (1896), a Japanese woodblock print dating from the Meiji era.