Tsuba Nagamaru-gata In Iron, Legend Of Shiba Onko, Edo Period (1603-1868).
JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868). Wrought iron, openwork, chased in hira bori and inlaid with iroe hira zogan of copper, gilt copper, and silver, depicting the legend of Shiba Onko breaking a jar to save a comrade from drowning, kozuka-hitsu hana, and kogai-hitsu hana. Unsigned. Minor wear and oxidation. Dimensions: 7.3 x 7 cm. Notes: This subject is a transposition of a Chinese legend about the childhood of Sima Guang, a Chinese historian and Confucian scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty. At the age of seven, while playing with other children, one of his companions climbed onto a large water jar and accidentally fell in. The other children, frightened, ran away. Guang, without panicking, grabbed a large stone and struck the jar until it broke.
420 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Asian art
Condition: Good condition
Material: Wrought iron
Width: 7 cm.
Height: 7,3 cm.
Reference (ID): 1696385
Availability: In stock
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