Lot Essay
Although belonging to the Ichinomiya school, Tsunenao was not a descendent of Nagatsune and therefore was unable to use the family name.
Details
A Mito Kinko Tsuba After Yasuchika And An Ichinomiya School Tsuba
The aorigata shinchu migaki-ji plate decorated with a flight of geese in the rain in takabori, katakiribori and kebori and a plant in ko-sukashi, suki nokoshi mimi, signed Yasuchika zu Hirokatsu, late Edo period (19th century); and the oval migaki-ji plate depicting Jurojin and a crane in flight in takabori, iroe zogan and katakiribori, square mimi, signed Tsunenao and kao, mid Edo period (18th century), both with a wood box
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.), mimi 4mm. and 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.), thickness 4mm. respectively (2)
The aorigata shinchu migaki-ji plate decorated with a flight of geese in the rain in takabori, katakiribori and kebori and a plant in ko-sukashi, suki nokoshi mimi, signed Yasuchika zu Hirokatsu, late Edo period (19th century); and the oval migaki-ji plate depicting Jurojin and a crane in flight in takabori, iroe zogan and katakiribori, square mimi, signed Tsunenao and kao, mid Edo period (18th century), both with a wood box
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.), mimi 4mm. and 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.), thickness 4mm. respectively (2)
Literature
Lundgren Collection, nos. 295 and 210 respectively
Exhibited
The first Red Cross Exhibition, (1915), p. 147, pl. CXXX, no. 566
(lent by Mr Clarke Edwards).
(lent by Mr Clarke Edwards).