Lot Essay
For a similar piece see Tokyo National Museum catalogue, (Tokyo, 1979), no. 13.
UNSIGNED, EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A Katchushi Tsuba
Unsigned, early Edo period (17th Century)
The large kawarigata iron plate formed as the profile of a clenched fist and pierced with a design of Genji-mon, incense and a bell flower, hammered mimi, with a wood box
3 9/16in. (9cm.), thickness 2.5mm, mimi 6.5mm.
Unsigned, early Edo period (17th Century)
The large kawarigata iron plate formed as the profile of a clenched fist and pierced with a design of Genji-mon, incense and a bell flower, hammered mimi, with a wood box
3 9/16in. (9cm.), thickness 2.5mm, mimi 6.5mm.
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 20.