Lot 63
Two bakumatsu brass tsuba Otsuki School, Meiji Period
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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Otsuki School, Meiji Period
The first of rectangular form, engraved and inlaid with a bird flying past a tree trunk hung with shimenawa, in coloured enamel with slight-inlaid gold details, the reverse similarly decorated with posts at the side of a rushing river, signed Oryusai Mitsuoki with kao, 7.6cm (3in); the second in the form of a bell, with a mask of otafuku, signed Ryusai Tsuki Mitsuoki, 7.6cm (3in). (2).
The first of rectangular form, engraved and inlaid with a bird flying past a tree trunk hung with shimenawa, in coloured enamel with slight-inlaid gold details, the reverse similarly decorated with posts at the side of a rushing river, signed Oryusai Mitsuoki with kao, 7.6cm (3in); the second in the form of a bell, with a mask of otafuku, signed Ryusai Tsuki Mitsuoki, 7.6cm (3in). (2).
Footnotes
鍔 二点 （神木に鳥（七宝象嵌）、鈴意匠） 明治時代
