Lot Essay
The artist is the same as Inoyama Kazuhide of the Otsuki school, a student of Kawarabayashi Hideoki. Later, as he was very fond of bamboo (chiku) he used the name Chikusai.
SIGNED HEIANJO CHIKUSAI AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
An Otsuki School Kozuka
Signed Heianjo Chikusai and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
The shibuichi plate depicting cranes beneath pine and snow in takabori, gold and silver zogan
Signed Heianjo Chikusai and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
The shibuichi plate depicting cranes beneath pine and snow in takabori, gold and silver zogan
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 48