Lot Essay
Compare this tsuba to one by Naoaki sold in these rooms in the collection of Walter A. Compton, Part I, lot 23, on March 31, 1992.
Details
A SWORDSMITH TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), SIGNED NAOAKI AND KAO (HATA NAOKATSU II)
The slightly concave iron plate decorated with a delicate radiating pattern (amida yasuri), the reverse similarly designed, the rim with carved tortoise shell pattern and many iron bones (some may be carved), the patina in good condition--7.4cm. high, 6.7cm. wide, 2mm. thick at center, 4mm. thick at edge
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), SIGNED NAOAKI AND KAO (HATA NAOKATSU II)
The slightly concave iron plate decorated with a delicate radiating pattern (amida yasuri), the reverse similarly designed, the rim with carved tortoise shell pattern and many iron bones (some may be carved), the patina in good condition--7.4cm. high, 6.7cm. wide, 2mm. thick at center, 4mm. thick at edge