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Lot 55*
A kagamibuta By Mitsutoshi, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,375 inc. premium
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By Mitsutoshi, 19th century
The wood bowl of shallow form, bearing a shibuichi plate cast and inlaid with a kappa sheltering beneath a tattered umbrella in a shower of rain, signed Sakuragawa atari ni oite Mitsutoshi. 4.5cm (1¾in).
The wood bowl of shallow form, bearing a shibuichi plate cast and inlaid with a kappa sheltering beneath a tattered umbrella in a shower of rain, signed Sakuragawa atari ni oite Mitsutoshi. 4.5cm (1¾in).
Footnotes
木彫鏡蓋根付 河童に傘 銘「光利」 19世紀
The inscription states that the plate is by Mitsutoshi living at Sakuragawa, in Atari, which is in Hitachi province (the present Ibaraki prefecture).
























