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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A CHOSHU HISATSUGU TSUBA, A TADATOKI TSUBA AND FIVE OTHERS
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A circular iron tsuba pierced and carved with thirty-two arrowflights, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Tomohisa saku, 7.7cm.; a hachi-mokko tsuba inlaid around the seppa-dai with a butterfly in shakudo and gold, the reverse with another flying away, 8.6cm.; a good Akasaka tsuba, pierced with Chinese pavilions, towers, clouds and a pine tree, signed Tadatoki, probably 8th generation or later, 7.8cm.; an Awa Shoami tsuba decorated on the face with kiku, leaves and buds, the reverse with kiri vines, the decoration and the rim in gold nunome-zogan, 8.4cm.; an oval iron tanto tsuba carved, inlaid and pierced with Narihira on horseback and four attendants on foot, pausing to admire the snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji, signed Mitsunaga with a gold kao, 6.6cm.; a circular iron tsuba, carved and pierced with a chrysathemum bloom and a leaf, signed Bushu no ju Tsunetada, 7.3cm.; and a mokko shibuichi tanto tsuba inlaid with two puppies, the reverse inlaid with dandelions [tanpopo] in two colours of gold, Mito school, 6.2cm. (7)
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A circular iron tsuba pierced and carved with thirty-two arrowflights, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Tomohisa saku, 7.7cm.; a hachi-mokko tsuba inlaid around the seppa-dai with a butterfly in shakudo and gold, the reverse with another flying away, 8.6cm.; a good Akasaka tsuba, pierced with Chinese pavilions, towers, clouds and a pine tree, signed Tadatoki, probably 8th generation or later, 7.8cm.; an Awa Shoami tsuba decorated on the face with kiku, leaves and buds, the reverse with kiri vines, the decoration and the rim in gold nunome-zogan, 8.4cm.; an oval iron tanto tsuba carved, inlaid and pierced with Narihira on horseback and four attendants on foot, pausing to admire the snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji, signed Mitsunaga with a gold kao, 6.6cm.; a circular iron tsuba, carved and pierced with a chrysathemum bloom and a leaf, signed Bushu no ju Tsunetada, 7.3cm.; and a mokko shibuichi tanto tsuba inlaid with two puppies, the reverse inlaid with dandelions [tanpopo] in two colours of gold, Mito school, 6.2cm. (7)
Provenance
The fifth, C.P. Peak Collection
The sixth, C.P. Peak and E.J.L. Gardiner Collections
The seventh, R.A. Pfungst Collection
The sixth, C.P. Peak and E.J.L. Gardiner Collections
The seventh, R.A. Pfungst Collection
Special notice
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