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A KYOTO SCHOOL TSUBA
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $770
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $500 - $1,000

Sale Information

Sale 7524
Japanese Swords & Sword Fittings from col Dr Walter Ames
22 October 1992
New York, Park Avenue





Lot Description

A KYOTO SCHOOL TSUBA
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (CIRCA 1550)

The round iron plate is carved in an openwork design of a double row of chrysanthemum petals within a petal-form rim--height 7.9cm., width 7.8cm., thickness 5.0mm.

Lot Notes

This elegant Kyoto tsuba (Kyo sukashi) was probably the work of the Shoami masters at the capital and ushered in the sophisticated style of the Momoyama period (1573-1600).