Three fuchigashira


Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryThe first of shibuichi, carved and inlaid with the medicine god Shinno, signed Bokusen with a kao; the second of shibuichi, inlaid in silver and shakudo honzogan, depicting a crow against the full moon, signed Yoshinori; the third of shakudo nanako, inlaid in ire-takazogan with mounted Chinese warriors in battle, signed Yoshikane with a kao; with three inscribed wood storage boxes. (9).
|ProvenanceLundgren Collection, nos.229, 325, and 284, respectively.Purchased at Christie's London, 18 November 1997, lots 173 (partial lot), 196 (partial lot), and 212, respectively.