Item No. 150 Iron tsuba 8.2 cm x 7.7 cm x 0.36 cm
Subject of dragonfly with water and reeds on rear , carved in katakiri bori , signed Myochin motte kitao
A wonderful piece of carving.
The corrosion spots are well in excess of 100 years old – this piece formed part of the Red Cross exhibition of 1915 , and the image from the record of that exhibition shows the spots.
Provenence –
Ex. Colonel J B Gaskell collection
Exhibited Red Cross exhibiton 1915
Published – Japanese Art and Handicraft by Henri L. Joly, pp 112 , no. 48
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