Lot Essay
Illustrated in a catalogue of The Lt.-Col. Gaskell Collection, (Glendinning & Co., Ltd, 1919), no. 1794
WITH A SEAL YASUCHIKA, 19TH CENTURY
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A LARGE OVAL COPPER SHONAI SCHOOL TSUBA
With a seal Yasuchika, 19th Century
Of sammai awase, decorated with a mantis raising its legs in front of wheel entwined with grape vines in shakudo and gilt hirazogan, copper fukurin mimi, the reverse similarly decorated with wheel and ax
8.3cm.
With a seal Yasuchika, 19th Century
Of sammai awase, decorated with a mantis raising its legs in front of wheel entwined with grape vines in shakudo and gilt hirazogan, copper fukurin mimi, the reverse similarly decorated with wheel and ax
8.3cm.
Provenance
Gaskell Collection
W.W. Winkworth
W.W. Winkworth