Der Löwe im Wasserfall
A Shishi in the Waterfall
A round tsuba of shakudo with a smooth, polished ground. A shishi comes down at the upper right, carved in relief, its eyes wide and its mane in tight curls. Behind it a waterfall falls in fine lines. At the bottom the water breaks into curling spray, and the head of a second shishi appears in it. On the back a rock and a stream of water run in from the left edge.
A signature with a kao is cut beside the nakago-ana. Its reading waits for the piece itself. The tsuba comes from the collection of Alan Hartman in New York and is in Japan at present. Its page follows on its return.
Tsuba. Signiert mit Kao. Shakudo, migaki-ji, Relief und kebori. Shishi im Wasserfall; Rückseite Fels und Wasser. Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, zuvor Sammlung Alan Hartman, New York. Seite in Vorbereitung.
In the collection
- Type
- Tosogu › Tsuba
- Period
- Edo-Zeit
- Material
- Shakudo
- Motif
- Drachen und Fabelwesen
