AN OTSUKI SCHOOL TSUBA

SIGNED NIPPON HORIMONO GANSO ICHIKAWA HYO (?)ZOBEI SANSEI MAGO [GRANDSON OF THE THIRD ICHIKAWA HYOZOBEI, THE FOUNDER OF JAPANESE CARVING] DAIRYUSAI TSUKI MITSUOKI, CHOSEN KORE, LATE EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

細節
AN OTSUKI SCHOOL TSUBA
Signed Nippon horimono ganso Ichikawa Hyo (?)zobei sansei mago [grandson of the third Ichikawa Hyozobei, the founder of Japanese carving] Dairyusai Tsuki Mitsuoki, chosen kore, late Edo period (late 18th/early 19th Century)
The aorigata shinchu plate depicting an old woman in a field looking at a naruko, the reverse with a farmer working behind a bundle of straw, uchikaeshi mimi, with a wood box
3 1/8in (8cm.), mimi 3.5mm.
展覽
Red Cross Exhibition (1915), pl. CKLIV, no. 905, (Lent by Dr. Hutchinson)

拍品專文

His excellent technique of katakiribori is well illustrated on this example. For the artist, see lot 217.