Lot 122*
Five soft-metal fuchi Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £765 inc. premium
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Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first of shibuichi, with a garden lantern by a pine tree in relief, signed Hamano Yasuyuki; the second of shakudo nanako, inlaid with a family of five chickens, signed Shokatei Motohiro with a kao; the third of shibuichi, inlaid with demons transporting a bell in water, signed Kikugawa Nanpo kocho with a seal; the fourth of shakudo nanako, with demons among clouds, signed Nomura Masamitsu with a kao; the fifth of shibuichi with reeds on a stream, signed Sekienshi Tsuchiya Yasuchika; with three inscribed wood storage boxes. (8).
The first of shibuichi, with a garden lantern by a pine tree in relief, signed Hamano Yasuyuki; the second of shakudo nanako, inlaid with a family of five chickens, signed Shokatei Motohiro with a kao; the third of shibuichi, inlaid with demons transporting a bell in water, signed Kikugawa Nanpo kocho with a seal; the fourth of shakudo nanako, with demons among clouds, signed Nomura Masamitsu with a kao; the fifth of shibuichi with reeds on a stream, signed Sekienshi Tsuchiya Yasuchika; with three inscribed wood storage boxes. (8).
Footnotes
Provenance
The third: H. Seymour Trower Collection.
Lundgren Collection, nos.222, 107, 263, 243, and 257, respectively.
Purchased at Christie's London, 18 November 1997, lot 150 (partial lot).
Published
The third: Henri L. Joly, Catalogue of the H. Seymour Trower Collection of Japanese Art, London, Glendining and Co. Ltd., 1913, pl.XXXII, no.1695.
