Lot 78
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Osuga Takashi (1901-1987)
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Osuga Takashi (1901-1987)

CIRCA 1957

Details
Osuga Takashi (1901-1987)
Circa 1957
A rectangular box, decorated in burnished gold and copper on a powdered pearl ground pierced with a grasshopper amongst leaves and branches, the interior in walnut wood, rims varnished in black, tomobako signed Takashi saku and sealed
13.3cm. high
Literature
Kagawa-ken Bunkakaikan, Osuga Takashi Kaiko-ten: Chokin no Waza to Bi [Osuga Takashi Retrospective Exhibition: Beauty and Technique of Metal Carving], (Kagawa, 1989), pl.32
Exhibited
Kagawa-ken Bunkakaikan [Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall], 9th September-24th September 1989
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Osuga Takashi, born in Kagawa, studied metalwork at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and later under Kitahara Senroku (1887-1951), a pupil of Un'no Shomin (1844-1915). His works are praised for their realistic modelling of insects and were awarded a number of times at the Nitten, Teiten and Bunten during the 1920's to 1930's, and in 1958.

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