Kyo-Shoami Tsuba

[rkg]

Hi,

 

Since I haven't contributed anything in a while and I'm a bit bleary eyed from studyin', I thought I would take a break and put up some images of another piece I got not too long ago. 

 

This piece is measures 83.8mm(H) X 83.7mm (W) X 4.83mm(T, seppa dai), 4.45mm(T, mimi). It appears to me that it would be binned as Kyo-Shoami work, probably from the early to mid Edo period, though its been suggested it might might possibly also be binned as umetada work.

 

The theme appears to be drawer pulls and some kind of leaf.from the ol' auction pics it didn't look like much, but it is much better in hand.  Here are a couple of pictures from the auction - note that I DO NOT OWN these images and are posting them for informational purposes only

 

 

 

When I received the piece, I found that it was coated with a nasty layer of choji oil (yuk). 

 

after getting the worst of it off, I reshot it (again, not my best work, but...).

 

 

Unfortunately, also after removing the oily mess, it became obvious that somebody had er, over-enthusiastically fussed the mimi on the piece 

 

 this differential is actually much more visible in the 360 image sets I shot (below) - compare them to the side shots in the auction image.

 

http://www.rkgphotos.com/facebook_stuff/leaf_pull_kyo_shoami/leaf_pull_kyo_shoami_front/leaf_pull_kyo_shoami_front.html

 

http://www.rkgphotos.com/facebook_stuff/leaf_pull_kyo_shoami/leaf_pull_kyo_shoami_back/leaf_pull_kyo_shoami_back.html

 

In hand, it is still a pretty nice piece, but it could have been nicer if somebody knew when to stop   maybe it'll be all better after a few years of handling...

 

Best,

rkg

(Richard George)