THE FIRST SIGNED MASAOKI AND KAO, THE SECOND WITH SIGNATURE JOI AND A SEAL, 19TH CENTURY
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AN OVAL SHIBUICHI TSUBA AND A NARA SCHOOL TSUBA
The first signed Masaoki and Kao, the second with signature Joi and a seal, 19th Century
A brownish shibuichi plate carved with a design of a stork among reeds in a stream, Otsuki school; and a copper tsuchime-ji carved with Koreijin and a tiger in shishiai bori
7.7cm. and 7.1cm. (2)
The first signed Masaoki and Kao, the second with signature Joi and a seal, 19th Century
A brownish shibuichi plate carved with a design of a stork among reeds in a stream, Otsuki school; and a copper tsuchime-ji carved with Koreijin and a tiger in shishiai bori
7.7cm. and 7.1cm. (2)
Provenance
The first tsuba Steven's Collection