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dimensions 8.2 x 8.2 x 0.5 cm
Made of maru-gata copper, katagiri-bori, maru-mimi. Finely engraved with beautiful depiction of a tiger among bamboo plants approaching the stream. With bamboo plants on the stream on the ura side and on the mimi. The Yokoya School was born in 1700 with Somin at the shogunal court of Edo; according to Gunsaulus, among his successors at least four continue to use the mei Somin, combining it with different Kao. The founder follows the Goto canons but invents an innovative engraving technique using a chisel that makes an asymmetrical groove similar to the more-or-less dark brushstrokes of the ukio; this technique will be used by his successors and imitated by many schools. The style will be called "katakiri-bori".The drawing is called "kuni tora" tiger and bamboo, it depicts the tiger going to the watering place among the bamboos, the drawing continues on the edge and back with the side of the animal, the perfect katakiri-bori emphasizes the chiaroscuro of the fur and the fierce and guarded face of the animal. In the Japanese tradition the tiger represents strength, and in this case the message is that even the strongest animal, as well as a young bamboo plant, needs a weaker creature to protect itself. Provenance: Alan Bale Collection
Made of maru-gata copper, katagiri-bori, maru-mimi. Finely engraved with beautiful depiction of a tiger among bamboo plants approaching the stream. With bamboo plants on the stream on the ura side and on the mimi. The Yokoya School was born in 1700 with Somin at the shogunal court of Edo; according to Gunsaulus, among his successors at least four continue to use the mei Somin, combining it with different Kao. The founder follows the Goto canons but invents an innovative engraving technique using a chisel that makes an asymmetrical groove similar to the more-or-less dark brushstrokes of the ukio; this technique will be used by his successors and imitated by many schools. The style will be called "katakiri-bori".The drawing is called "kuni tora" tiger and bamboo, it depicts the tiger going to the watering place among the bamboos, the drawing continues on the edge and back with the side of the animal, the perfect katakiri-bori emphasizes the chiaroscuro of the fur and the fierce and guarded face of the animal. In the Japanese tradition the tiger represents strength, and in this case the message is that even the strongest animal, as well as a young bamboo plant, needs a weaker creature to protect itself. Provenance: Alan Bale Collection