Three fuchigashira


Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryThe first of shakudo nanako, inlaid in iroe-takazogan with insects among wild plants, signed Horie Okiyoshi saku; the second of shibuichi, inlaid with an ancient cherry tree, signed Masatomo with a kao; the third of shibuichi, carved and inlaid with a fisherman and boy, signed Sekijoken Motoharu; with two inscribed wood storage boxes. (8).
|ProvenanceThe second: G. H. Naunton Collection.The second: W. L. Behrens Collection.Lundgren Collection, nos.253, 282, and 299, respectively.Purchased at Christie's London, 18 November 1997, lots 173 (partial lot) and 197.PublishedThe second: Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, vol.3, London, Glendining and Co. Ltd., 1913, pl.LXIII, no.2394.