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A SOFT-METAL-INLAID MODEL OF A ROOSTER ON A DRUM
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A SOFT-METAL-INLAID MODEL OF A ROOSTER ON A DRUM

TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED KATSUHIRA KOKU (MADE BY KATSUHIRA)

Fermé18 April 2018

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A SOFT-METAL-INLAID MODEL OF A ROOSTER ON A DRUM
TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED KATSUHIRA KOKU (MADE BY KATSUHIRA)
Constructed in sections as a rooster perched on a drum supported on a stand, finely inlaid in gold, silver, copper, shakudo and gilt, the life-like silver rooster finely chiseled and signed Shigenobu, the drum resembling wood grain and designed with vines, the sides designed with a coiled dragon hammered and inlaid in gold, and applied with shakudo rivets, signature on base
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

This may be the work by Hagiya Katsuhira II (Suzuki Tetsusuke; 1859-1941), one of the grandsons of a prominent maker of sword fittings of the Mito school, Hagiya Katsuhira (1804-1886). Although little is known about the artist, this work shows the skillful technique of using various types of colorful soft metals characteristic of metal artists of Mito school.
The subject of a cockerel on a drum harks back to a period of peace in ancient China when it is said the drums of war had fallen silent allowing cockerels to roost upon them. The humor in it lies in that the quiet drum still had the potential to sound even as the apparently peaceful human race at the time were ever able to take up arms over a quarrel. But the cockerel would sound aloud every morning to announce that he was ready for the day and to establish his predominance over his rivals. It is as if the drum was quietly tolerating the rashness of the crowing.