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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A SHIBUICHI TSUBA BY HORYUSAI MITSUAKI, A TSUBA BY UCHIKOSHI HIROCHIKA, AND FOUR OTHERS
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A pale shibuichi tsuba carved with two shishi beside peonies and rocks by a stream, the shishi on the face and the stream, signed Horyusai Mitsuaki, 6.95cm.; an oval shibuichi tsuba carved with the sennin Chinnan conjuring up a dragon from his begging bowl, to the great delight of a Chinese boy, some details gilt, with signature Sekijoken Motozane hachijussai [80 years of age], 6.6cm.; a circular pale shibuichi tsuba carved and inlaid with a fox and a badger under the moon, the inlays in silver, copper and two colours of gold, signed Shiunsai Hirochika, 6.95cm.; an oval shibuichi tsuba carved with bamboo, signed Kokutei no ju shita Nagamine and inscribed Kokutei [Crane Pavilion], 7.6cm.; and a large iron tsuba pierced with 'boars' eyes' and gourd-shapes, with signature Yamakichi(bei), 8.9cm.; and an oval shibuichi tsuba carved and pierced with a dragon rising from the sea through driving rain, with gilt details and inlaid gold spots for the sea spray, with signature Yanagawa Naomasa, 7.5cm. (6)
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A pale shibuichi tsuba carved with two shishi beside peonies and rocks by a stream, the shishi on the face and the stream, signed Horyusai Mitsuaki, 6.95cm.; an oval shibuichi tsuba carved with the sennin Chinnan conjuring up a dragon from his begging bowl, to the great delight of a Chinese boy, some details gilt, with signature Sekijoken Motozane hachijussai [80 years of age], 6.6cm.; a circular pale shibuichi tsuba carved and inlaid with a fox and a badger under the moon, the inlays in silver, copper and two colours of gold, signed Shiunsai Hirochika, 6.95cm.; an oval shibuichi tsuba carved with bamboo, signed Kokutei no ju shita Nagamine and inscribed Kokutei [Crane Pavilion], 7.6cm.; and a large iron tsuba pierced with 'boars' eyes' and gourd-shapes, with signature Yamakichi(bei), 8.9cm.; and an oval shibuichi tsuba carved and pierced with a dragon rising from the sea through driving rain, with gilt details and inlaid gold spots for the sea spray, with signature Yanagawa Naomasa, 7.5cm. (6)
Provenance
The first, C.P. Peak and Bradford Collections
The third, E.J.L. Gardiner Collection
The fifth, Henri L. Joly
The sixth, Henry Charles Clifford Collection
The third, E.J.L. Gardiner Collection
The fifth, Henri L. Joly
The sixth, Henry Charles Clifford Collection
Literature
The fifth, Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 1237, pl. CLVIII
Exhibited
The fifth, Red Cross Exhibition, 1915
Special notice
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