

Lot 48
A shakudo sukashi tsuba Mito School, late 18th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £9,375 inc. premium
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Mito School, late 18th century
In the form of a ho-o bird, its head at the top and its wings spread down in either side to form a rim, with inlaid and applied gold and silver details, signed Mito ju Hisanori with kao. 7cm (2¾in).
In the form of a ho-o bird, its head at the top and its wings spread down in either side to form a rim, with inlaid and applied gold and silver details, signed Mito ju Hisanori with kao. 7cm (2¾in).
Footnotes
鍔 鳳凰透 銘「水戸住久則(花押)」 18世紀後期
Provenance: Michael Tomkinson collection, sold at Glendining & Co., London, December 9th, 1921, lot.1182, illustrated in the Catalogue, pl.XXIV.
Exhibited: The Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1915, no.1033, illustrated in the Catalogue. pl.CXLVIII.
The maker is Chizuka Hisanori, who worked in the Mito and Nara styles and was a retainer of the Matsudaira family of Moriyama (see Haynes, Index, no.H01508).