An Early Kinai Tsuba

SIGNED ECHIZEN JU KINAI SAKU, EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

细节
An Early Kinai Tsuba
Signed Echizen ju Kinai saku, early Edo period (17th century)
The circular iron plate pierced with a design of rain dragons in nikubori ji-sukashi, square mimi, with a wood box
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.), thickness 7mm.
出版
Lundgren Collection, no. 173

拍品专文

The bold crisp carving of the dragon is indicative of the first generation Kinai. He worked in the Empo period (1673-1681). His carving of the dragons' scales, sharp claws and hostile eyes is smooth with an easy uninterrupted flow.