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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN IRON TSUBA INSCRIBED MASAYOSHI AND TWO OTHERS
Edo period (19th century)
An iron mokko-shaped tsuba carved and inlaid in silver and gold with a hawk chasing a chidori over waves, with signaure Masayoshi, 8.5cm.; a shakudo tsuba carved and inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and two colours of gold with two men, carrying sheaves of rice, with signature Furukawa Motoyoshi, 7.1cm.; and a brass tsuba carved and inlaid with a fox-woman leaning on a bamboo stick watching a trap, while on the reverse a farmer crouches between two stooks of rice watching her, with signature Ryusai ?oki, 7.9cm. (3)
Edo period (19th century)
An iron mokko-shaped tsuba carved and inlaid in silver and gold with a hawk chasing a chidori over waves, with signaure Masayoshi, 8.5cm.; a shakudo tsuba carved and inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and two colours of gold with two men, carrying sheaves of rice, with signature Furukawa Motoyoshi, 7.1cm.; and a brass tsuba carved and inlaid with a fox-woman leaning on a bamboo stick watching a trap, while on the reverse a farmer crouches between two stooks of rice watching her, with signature Ryusai ?oki, 7.9cm. (3)
Provenance
The first, Henry Charles Clifford Collection
The third, Stark Collection
The third, Stark Collection
Exhibited
The third, Red Cross Exhibition, 1915
Special notice
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