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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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TWO TSUBA OF THE KAGA SCHOOL AND ANOTHER
Edo period (18th century)
A mokko shakudo tsuba inlaid with two areas of key-fret patterns in gold and, between them two areas of shippo-patterns in gold and copper, 6.5cm.; a circular Kaga school tsuba with a vertically grooved surface on both sides, pieced with a rectangular shape bordered by four loops within the broad rim, one area only on the rim inlaid with key-frets in silver, gold and copper, 7cm.; and a cast sentoku tsuba in the form of the two stepped halves of an awabi shell, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Tomokatsu saku, 7.35cm. (3)
Edo period (18th century)
A mokko shakudo tsuba inlaid with two areas of key-fret patterns in gold and, between them two areas of shippo-patterns in gold and copper, 6.5cm.; a circular Kaga school tsuba with a vertically grooved surface on both sides, pieced with a rectangular shape bordered by four loops within the broad rim, one area only on the rim inlaid with key-frets in silver, gold and copper, 7cm.; and a cast sentoku tsuba in the form of the two stepped halves of an awabi shell, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Tomokatsu saku, 7.35cm. (3)
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. 650, Pl. XXVIII
Special notice
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