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A Yoshiro Tsuba, eleven others and a kozuka
Edo Period, 17th/19th Century
an oval iron Yoshiro tsuba decorated with scrolling foliage in copper and brass hirazogan to the rim, carved with rattan to the surface, with wood box tokubetsu kicho certificate -- 7.4cm; a pair of plain circular iron tsuba, both signed Kunihiro -- 7.7cm and 7.3cm; an iron plate formed as a rounded dragon -- 6.7cm; an oval iron plate pierced with plum blossoms -- 7.4cm; a circular iron-plate pierced with ivy -- 7.1cm; an iron plate formed as a sixteen petal chrysanthemum -- 6.6cm; a rounded square iron plate decorated with seated Dharma -- 7.8cm; an oval iron plate pierced with stylised bats -- 8cm; an iron namako-sukashi tsuba -- 8.2cm; an oval copper tsuba -- 6cm; a brass mokkogata ishimeji tsuba -- 5.4cm; and a copper kozuka inlaid with shishi and peony -- 19.7cm long. (13)
Edo Period, 17th/19th Century
an oval iron Yoshiro tsuba decorated with scrolling foliage in copper and brass hirazogan to the rim, carved with rattan to the surface, with wood box tokubetsu kicho certificate -- 7.4cm; a pair of plain circular iron tsuba, both signed Kunihiro -- 7.7cm and 7.3cm; an iron plate formed as a rounded dragon -- 6.7cm; an oval iron plate pierced with plum blossoms -- 7.4cm; a circular iron-plate pierced with ivy -- 7.1cm; an iron plate formed as a sixteen petal chrysanthemum -- 6.6cm; a rounded square iron plate decorated with seated Dharma -- 7.8cm; an oval iron plate pierced with stylised bats -- 8cm; an iron namako-sukashi tsuba -- 8.2cm; an oval copper tsuba -- 6cm; a brass mokkogata ishimeji tsuba -- 5.4cm; and a copper kozuka inlaid with shishi and peony -- 19.7cm long. (13)
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Four of the tsubas in this lot are modern.