A Small Shakudo Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIKUOKA MITSUTOMO (1775-1813) AND WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM)

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A Small Shakudo Tsuba
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Kikuoka Mitsutomo (1775-1813) and with kao (cursive monogram)
The oval shakudo ishimeji plate inlaid with a wasp, grasshopper, ladybug, praying mantis and bee in iroe takazogan
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) long

Lot Essay

Sold Christie's, London, 11 March, 1975

Mitsutomo was the second head of the mainline Kikuoka family of metalworkers.

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