拍品 170
170
AN UCHIKOSHI SCHOOL TSUBA

細節
AN UCHIKOSHI SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1825), SIGNED HIROYOSHI WITH KAO

The oval polished brass plate is pierced and carved in a design of a tiger guarding the entrance to a cave. The carved details are inlaid in shakudo and gold--height 6.7cm., width 6.1cm., thickness 5.0mm.

拍品專文

Marukawa Hiroyoshi was a student of Uchikoshi Hirotoshi (fl. 1810), and he worked at Mito in Hitachi Province. There are dated examples of his work for the years 1841 and 1842. The subject of this tsuba was one of his favorite designs. See Compton sale part I, lot 206 for a slightly larger example.