Lot 125*
Four fuchigashira Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,275 inc. premium
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Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The first of shakudo nanako, inlaid in iroe-takazogan with Ii no Hayata and Minamoto no Yorimasa slaying the nue, signed Omori Hidetomo with a kao; the second of iron, carved with shishi in relief, signed Seiunsai Taki Hidetoshi with a kao; the third of copper, carved with Jurojin and Hotei in low relief, signed Hiroshige Seiunsai Shujin; the fourth of shakudo nanako, inlaid with a grasshopper and plants, signed Kono Nakanori tsukuru; with three inscribed wood storage boxes.
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The first of shakudo nanako, inlaid in iroe-takazogan with Ii no Hayata and Minamoto no Yorimasa slaying the nue, signed Omori Hidetomo with a kao; the second of iron, carved with shishi in relief, signed Seiunsai Taki Hidetoshi with a kao; the third of copper, carved with Jurojin and Hotei in low relief, signed Hiroshige Seiunsai Shujin; the fourth of shakudo nanako, inlaid with a grasshopper and plants, signed Kono Nakanori tsukuru; with three inscribed wood storage boxes.
(11).
Footnotes
Provenance
The first: J. C. Hawkshaw Collection.
Lundgren Collection, nos.251, 313, 314, and 292, respectively.
Purchased at Christie's London, 18 November 1997, lots 160, 201, and 220 (partial lot), respectively.
Published
The first: Henri L. Joly, Japanese Sword-mounts: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, privately published, 1910, pl.XXXIV, no.2117.
The second: ibid., pl.IX, no.506.
