Lot 124*
Three fuchigashira Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
The first of shakudo nanako, inlaid in iroe-takazogan with insects among wild plants, signed Horie Okiyoshi saku; the second of shibuichi, inlaid with an ancient cherry tree, signed Masatomo with a kao; the third of shibuichi, carved and inlaid with a fisherman and boy, signed Sekijoken Motoharu; with two inscribed wood storage boxes. (8).
The first of shakudo nanako, inlaid in iroe-takazogan with insects among wild plants, signed Horie Okiyoshi saku; the second of shibuichi, inlaid with an ancient cherry tree, signed Masatomo with a kao; the third of shibuichi, carved and inlaid with a fisherman and boy, signed Sekijoken Motoharu; with two inscribed wood storage boxes. (8).
Footnotes
Provenance
The second: G. H. Naunton Collection.
The second: W. L. Behrens Collection.
Lundgren Collection, nos.253, 282, and 299, respectively.
Purchased at Christie's London, 18 November 1997, lots 173 (partial lot) and 197.
Published
The second: Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, vol.3, London, Glendining and Co. Ltd., 1913, pl.LXIII, no.2394.