A shibuichi tsuba Yokoya School, 19th century
A shibuichi tsuba
Yokoya School, 19th century
Of oval form, delicately engraved in katakiri and kebori with an ox seen from the rear, the reverse similarly engraved with a boy oxherd seated, playing a flute beneath overhanging willow branches, signed Somin with kao.
7cm (2¾in).
Sold for £812 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 鍔 柳に牛飼小僧 銘「宗珉(花押)」 19世紀

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art


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