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A SHAKUDO, TWO SHIBUICHI AND A COPPER TSUBA

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

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A SHAKUDO, TWO SHIBUICHI AND A COPPER TSUBA
Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
An oval tapering shakudo mikakiji plate carved in katakiribori, depicting Hotei with his sack, signed Soyo and kao; an oval shibuichi plate carved in katakiribori with a depiction of The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Groove, signed Harumasa; an oval shibuichi plate carved in katakiribori with Bishamon, Daikoku and Fukurokuju examining a makemono, on the reverse is Hotei fishing, signed Kikuchi Tsunekatsu and kao; and an oval copper plate, carved in katakiri bori with Hotei and two karako beneath a pine tree, signed Kikuchi Tsunekatsu and kao
7.1cm., 7cm., 6.8cm. and 7cm. (4)
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Lot Essay

For the signatures see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.206, no.00815 (for the second); and p.2111, no.10811 (for the third and fourth)
Kikuchi Tsunekatsu was the pupil of Inagawa Naokatsu

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