'YASUCHIKA'   'BAMEN TSUNEMASA'


 
Provenance:    Elliott Long $5000.00

"Presented here is a well forged fuchi of skilled construction by Tsunemasa. Then it was in the artistic hands of the 2nd. Yasuchika who used a motif of ocean waves and the sun for its final design. Both Tsunemasa and Yasuchika expressed their exemplary skill at creating a masterpiece." (Long)


Attribution by NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho (Green Paper)

MEI: 'INLAY ZOGAN by YASUCHIKA' (H 11105.0). Was the son of the 1st. YASUCHIKA and took over the business in ca. 1730. (Long)

MEI: 'FORGED by BAMEN TSUNEMASA' (H 10825.0). The family name came from the Bamen Mura, a village in Echizen. He made this fuchi for YASUCHIKA. (Long)

      

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