A Large Yokoya School Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOYO [YOKOYA SOYO II (1700-1779) AND WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM)

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A Large Yokoya School Tsuba
Edo period (18th century), signed Soyo [Yokoya Soyo II (1700-1779) and with kao (cursive monogram)
The large oval plate patinated shibuichi and engraved in katakiri-bori with two Chinese lions, the reverse with peonies beside a stream
3½in. (8.9cm.) long

Provenance

C.P. Peak, Esq.
Axel Petersen, Esq., sold Sotheby's, London, 10 March, 1970, lot 94

Exhibited

Yamanaka and Co., London, "Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross". 1915.10.14--11.13, catalogue no. 722, (Collection of C.P. Peak, Esq.)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Henri L. Joly and Kumasaka Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, reprint of London, 1916 (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1976), no. 722.

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