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dimensions 6.5 x 7.5 x 0.35 cm
In suaka, nade-maru-gata, uchi-gaeshi-mimi. The surface is decorated with a particularly fine, sand-like 'ishime'. With a shakudo anchor in "iroe zogan" on it, featuring small shells encrusted in gold and silver together with its rope. On the ura, on the ishime backdrop, is a shakudo rudder. The delicacy and the atmosphere of the ensemble are extraordinary. Late Edo period, around 1800. The Nara school, founded in 1600, evolved over the next century with many famous artists: Toshishige, mentioned by the Joly and the Shoshankenshu, follows the canons of Toshinaga, his master, in the early 19th century. The scene depicts the remains of a shipwreck, the concretions on the anchor, the broken and softly stretched rope, the small signs of wear as well as the tear on the rudder confirm it; the meaning is still uncertain. It is either the wish of an old samurai-mariner to remember his vicissitudes, or the theme of the bushi life... the Death. Provenance: W. W. Winkworth Collection.
In suaka, nade-maru-gata, uchi-gaeshi-mimi. The surface is decorated with a particularly fine, sand-like 'ishime'. With a shakudo anchor in "iroe zogan" on it, featuring small shells encrusted in gold and silver together with its rope. On the ura, on the ishime backdrop, is a shakudo rudder. The delicacy and the atmosphere of the ensemble are extraordinary. Late Edo period, around 1800. The Nara school, founded in 1600, evolved over the next century with many famous artists: Toshishige, mentioned by the Joly and the Shoshankenshu, follows the canons of Toshinaga, his master, in the early 19th century. The scene depicts the remains of a shipwreck, the concretions on the anchor, the broken and softly stretched rope, the small signs of wear as well as the tear on the rudder confirm it; the meaning is still uncertain. It is either the wish of an old samurai-mariner to remember his vicissitudes, or the theme of the bushi life... the Death. Provenance: W. W. Winkworth Collection.