Lot Essay
This is a classic example in the style of Sendai Kiyosada (d. 1785).
Details
A SENDAI SCHOOL FUCHI KASHIRA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1775)
Each part is of shakudo plate. The fuchi is divided in the center with the upper half in a gold keyfret pattern, and the lower half with a dragon in silver inlay. The reverse has a shakudo nanako ground and gold inlay of a jewel (tama). The kashira has a keyfret pattern in gold inlay and dragons in silver inlay at the top.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1775)
Each part is of shakudo plate. The fuchi is divided in the center with the upper half in a gold keyfret pattern, and the lower half with a dragon in silver inlay. The reverse has a shakudo nanako ground and gold inlay of a jewel (tama). The kashira has a keyfret pattern in gold inlay and dragons in silver inlay at the top.
Provenance
Glendining & Co., London, 7 July 1965, lot 630
Literature
Joly (1915-1916), part II, plate CXLI, no. 782, text p. 160, for a very similar pair signed by Kiyosada.