Lot Essay
The go Shiho was used in later years by Teikan, when using iron as his medium. He was born in 1828 in Mito, the son of Motosada. After his father's death he settled in Edo.
SIGNED ROKUJU HACHI O SHIHO (AN OLD MAN OF 68 YEARS) AND A SEAL, LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Mito Kinko Tsuba
Signed Rokuju hachi o Shiho (an old man of 68 years) and a seal, late Edo/early Meiji period (late 19th century)
The circular iron plate depicting carp in a stream, in sukidashi takabori and gold zogan, square mimi
3 9/16in. (9cm.), thickness 4mm.
Signed Rokuju hachi o Shiho (an old man of 68 years) and a seal, late Edo/early Meiji period (late 19th century)
The circular iron plate depicting carp in a stream, in sukidashi takabori and gold zogan, square mimi
3 9/16in. (9cm.), thickness 4mm.
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 116