A Konkan Kashira With An Otsuki School Fuchi And An Ichinomiya Fuchi-Kashira

LATE EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

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A Konkan Kashira With An Otsuki School Fuchi And An Ichinomiya Fuchi-Kashira
Late Edo period (late 18th/early 19th century)
The copper kashira formed as an octopus in takabori, the fuchi formed as an octopus trap in shakudo and gold zogan, the fuchi signed toto Konkan no saku ni soe Koto Kawa
Hideoki horu kore (complementing a fuchi of Konkan of the eastern capital); and the shibuichi base depicting chestnuts in iroe takazogan, details in gilt, the fuchi signed Tsunenao and kao, both with a wood box (4)

Literature

The first Lundgren Collection, no. 221

Lot Essay

The expression and attention to detail of the subject is typical of Konkan. For a different style of Konkan's work, see no. 84.

Hideoki (1788-1815) was a student of Otsuki Mitsuoki. His students were Tokuoki and Hidekuni, both of whom were married to Hideoki's daughters.

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