15TH CENTURY TO 19TH CENTURY
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A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE IRON TSUBA AND A COPPER TSUBA
15th Century to 19th Century
The first rounded square Tembo tsuba with decoration of snowflakes in brass zogan, 8.2cm.; another Higo style with brass mon, 8.5cm.; circular Choshu carved in relief with a dragon among clouds, signed Choshu Hagi ju Shigetsugu zo, 7.4cm.; another Choshu style pierced and carved with cherry blossoms, signed Suzuki Hirotoshi, 7.4cm.; thick circular tsuba carved with a tree, signed Kunihiro, 7.4cm.; oval Bushu, omodaka sukashi, 7.6cm.; oval Shoami simulating mokume, inlaid with insects, 7.5cm.; irregular Onin style formed as myoga, 8cm.; circular Owari sukashi of myoga and geese, 8cm. 16th Century; oval sukashi, Kanayama style, 7.5cm.; oval copper depicting houses and pine tree in iroe takazogan, 7.2cm.; circular Tosho pierced with a plum, 7.5cm. 15th Century; another similar to previous tsuba, 8.7cm.; circular Shonai style depicting a boat and reeds, 7.8cm.; oval Namban, 6.9cm.; otafuku-gata amida yasurime, 7.4cm.; oblong oval lobed tsuba, 7.5cm.; circular carved in relief with Bashiko with a horse and a dragon, signed Kinryudo Kiyohide, 6.7cm.; oval fored as two haboki, 6.8cm.; mokkogata decorated with brass leaves, 8.4cm.; and six other mokkogata tsuba, otherwise indicated 18th/19th Century (26)
15th Century to 19th Century
The first rounded square Tembo tsuba with decoration of snowflakes in brass zogan, 8.2cm.; another Higo style with brass mon, 8.5cm.; circular Choshu carved in relief with a dragon among clouds, signed Choshu Hagi ju Shigetsugu zo, 7.4cm.; another Choshu style pierced and carved with cherry blossoms, signed Suzuki Hirotoshi, 7.4cm.; thick circular tsuba carved with a tree, signed Kunihiro, 7.4cm.; oval Bushu, omodaka sukashi, 7.6cm.; oval Shoami simulating mokume, inlaid with insects, 7.5cm.; irregular Onin style formed as myoga, 8cm.; circular Owari sukashi of myoga and geese, 8cm. 16th Century; oval sukashi, Kanayama style, 7.5cm.; oval copper depicting houses and pine tree in iroe takazogan, 7.2cm.; circular Tosho pierced with a plum, 7.5cm. 15th Century; another similar to previous tsuba, 8.7cm.; circular Shonai style depicting a boat and reeds, 7.8cm.; oval Namban, 6.9cm.; otafuku-gata amida yasurime, 7.4cm.; oblong oval lobed tsuba, 7.5cm.; circular carved in relief with Bashiko with a horse and a dragon, signed Kinryudo Kiyohide, 6.7cm.; oval fored as two haboki, 6.8cm.; mokkogata decorated with brass leaves, 8.4cm.; and six other mokkogata tsuba, otherwise indicated 18th/19th Century (26)