A shakudo sukashi tsuba Mito School, late 18th century
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A shakudo sukashi tsuba
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).
Sold for £9,375 inc. premium

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).

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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