Lot Essay
The first tsuba is described in the Naunton Collection catalogue as Umetada in Kaga style.
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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
TWO SHAKUDO TSUBA, ONE KAGA SCHOOL AND THE OTHER UMETADA
Edo period (17th century)
A shakudo tanto tsuba, Kaga school, carved in the form of a blossom and inlaid with insects and a mon with three butterflies, 6.15cm.; and an almost circular shakudo tsuba carved on the face with an antique Chinese ink-stick decorated with a dragon and a stylised snowflake form inlaid with a dragon, the reverse with a snowflake with a dragon, 7.25cm. (2)
Edo period (17th century)
A shakudo tanto tsuba, Kaga school, carved in the form of a blossom and inlaid with insects and a mon with three butterflies, 6.15cm.; and an almost circular shakudo tsuba carved on the face with an antique Chinese ink-stick decorated with a dragon and a stylised snowflake form inlaid with a dragon, the reverse with a snowflake with a dragon, 7.25cm. (2)
Provenance
The first, G. H. Naunton Collection
Literature
The first, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 185, pl. XXVIII
Special notice
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