Lot Essay
Otsuki Korin was regarded by many as the founder of the Otsuki tradition.
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A Kono School Fuchi-Kashira And An Otsuki School Fuchi-Kashira
The shibuichi ishimeji base metal depicting cranes in flight to the kashira, the fuchi with ashi [reeds] and a crane in flight in takabori and iroe, signed kaei kobo, moshun, Oishi Akichika and kao, late Edo period (19th century); and the shakudo nanako base decorated with the battle of Gempei in takabori, gold, silver and iroe zogan, signed Horimono ganso Ichikawa Hikosuke Minamoto Otsuki Gozaemon Korin and kao, mid Edo period (18th century), both with a wood box (4)
The shibuichi ishimeji base metal depicting cranes in flight to the kashira, the fuchi with ashi [reeds] and a crane in flight in takabori and iroe, signed kaei kobo, moshun, Oishi Akichika and kao, late Edo period (19th century); and the shakudo nanako base decorated with the battle of Gempei in takabori, gold, silver and iroe zogan, signed Horimono ganso Ichikawa Hikosuke Minamoto Otsuki Gozaemon Korin and kao, mid Edo period (18th century), both with a wood box (4)
Literature
Lundgren Collection, nos. 260 and 216