Lot Essay
Owari tsuba are often wrongly regarded as unskilful, coarse and primitive. They are usually made of shitan (Owari purple coloured iron) with careful, precise smelting and a rigid framework.
UNSIGNED, LATE MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
Details
An Owari Sukashi Tsuba
Unsigned, late Muromachi period (16th Century)
The circular iron plate pierced with four stylised snowflakes, slight tekkotsu to the rounded mimi, with a wood box
3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 5mm.
Unsigned, late Muromachi period (16th Century)
The circular iron plate pierced with four stylised snowflakes, slight tekkotsu to the rounded mimi, with a wood box
3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 5mm.
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 22