Lot Essay
The artist Hironao used various techniques including takabori,
usunikubori, kebori and katakiribori.
usunikubori, kebori and katakiribori.
Details
A Rounded Square Shakudo Tsuneshige Tsuba And A Mito Kinko Tsuba
The nadegata migaki-ji plate depicting Jurojin in shishiai bori, the reverse with a pine and stream, signed Kaneshige, tsuba 17th century, decoration late Edo period (19th century); and an oval iron Mito kinko tsuba depicting a scene of Takasago with Jo and Uba in takabori, silver and gold zogan, suki-nokoshi mimi, signed Hironao and kao, late Edo period (19th century), both with a wood box
2 11/16in. (6.9cm.), thickness 4.5mm. and 2 11/16in. (6.8cm.), mimi 4.5mm. (2)
The nadegata migaki-ji plate depicting Jurojin in shishiai bori, the reverse with a pine and stream, signed Kaneshige, tsuba 17th century, decoration late Edo period (19th century); and an oval iron Mito kinko tsuba depicting a scene of Takasago with Jo and Uba in takabori, silver and gold zogan, suki-nokoshi mimi, signed Hironao and kao, late Edo period (19th century), both with a wood box
2 11/16in. (6.9cm.), thickness 4.5mm. and 2 11/16in. (6.8cm.), mimi 4.5mm. (2)
Literature
Lundgren Collection, nos. 211 and 296 respectively