Lot Essay
For the artist of the first see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.2132, no.10957
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
TWO SHIBUICHI AND A COPPER TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval shibuichi ishimeji plate chiselled in low relief with a Buddhist figure and foliage, signed Heian jo Takenaga (toshi) and Kao; a round copper plate, inlaid in gilt nunome zogan with a shakudo fukurin, depicting a rain dragon amid clouds, slight damage, signed Sakushu ju Katsumasa Sei; and an oval shibuichi plate inlaid in shakudo and gilt iroe takazogan with Shinto emblems, signed Jusan Yoshinari, and Kao
6.9cm. and 6.1cm. (3)
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval shibuichi ishimeji plate chiselled in low relief with a Buddhist figure and foliage, signed Heian jo Takenaga (toshi) and Kao; a round copper plate, inlaid in gilt nunome zogan with a shakudo fukurin, depicting a rain dragon amid clouds, slight damage, signed Sakushu ju Katsumasa Sei; and an oval shibuichi plate inlaid in shakudo and gilt iroe takazogan with Shinto emblems, signed Jusan Yoshinari, and Kao
6.9cm. and 6.1cm. (3)
Literature
Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), p.193, pl.CLIII, no.1914
Exhibited
For the first, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916)