Lot Essay
This style of tsuba, usually attributed to the Sugiura Joi school (1701-1761), is more correctly designated Nara school.
Details
A NARA SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800)
The oval copper plate is carved with a stone surface and depicts Shoki carved in very low relief. The figure, inlaid in gold and shakudo, carries a silver sword. The reverse is carved with a design of rocks beside a stream, bamboo, and gold lichen. The edge has a shakudo rim cover--height 7.4cm., width 6.9cm., thickness 4.5mm.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800)
The oval copper plate is carved with a stone surface and depicts Shoki carved in very low relief. The figure, inlaid in gold and shakudo, carries a silver sword. The reverse is carved with a design of rocks beside a stream, bamboo, and gold lichen. The edge has a shakudo rim cover--height 7.4cm., width 6.9cm., thickness 4.5mm.
Provenance
Gaskell collection, no. 1107
Glendining & Co., London, July 1965, lot 450
Glendining & Co., London, July 1965, lot 450