YASUCHIKA: A FINE NARA SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH RATS AND SCROLL PAINTINGS
YASUCHIKA: A FINE NARA SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH RATS AND SCROLL PAINTINGS
By Yasuchika, signed Yasuchika
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of tate-maru-gata (oval) form with one hitsu, worked in iroe-takazogan and hirazogan with gold details, depicting on the obverse two piebald rats and a folded fan before a hanging scroll of a Muromachi-period style-ink painting of a landscape, the reverse with an additional rat and a branch of blossoming plum in silver. The subject is an allusion to the lucky god Daikoku. Signed YASUCHIKA.
SIZE 6.1 x 5.2 cm
WEIGHT 71.9 g
Condition: Excellent condition with minor surface wear.
Provenance: French private collection
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A similar tsuba was sold at Bonhams, The Art of the Samurai, 30 October 2017, New York, lot 357 (part lot with a matching fuchikashira, sold for 3,500 USD).
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YASUCHIKA: A FINE NARA SCHOOL SHIBUICHI TSUBA WITH RATS AND SCROLL PAINTINGS
By Yasuchika, signed Yasuchika
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of tate-maru-gata (oval) form with one hitsu, worked in iroe-takazogan and hirazogan with gold details, depicting on the obverse two piebald rats and a folded fan before a hanging scroll of a Muromachi-period style-ink painting of a landscape, the reverse with an additional rat and a branch of blossoming plum in silver. The subject is an allusion to the lucky god Daikoku. Signed YASUCHIKA.
SIZE 6.1 x 5.2 cm
WEIGHT 71.9 g
Condition: Excellent condition with minor surface wear.
Provenance: French private collection
Auction comparison:
A similar tsuba was sold at Bonhams, The Art of the Samurai, 30 October 2017, New York, lot 357 (part lot with a matching fuchikashira, sold for 3,500 USD).
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