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A Shakudo Tsuba
Lot 120

A Shakudo Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOMEYA TOMONOBU AND WITH INLAID GOLD SEAL

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A Shakudo Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), signed Someya Tomonobu and with inlaid gold seal
The polished oval shakudo tsuba chiseled in relief with a river winding through a rocky landscape with mountain pavilions decorated in gold, silver, shakudo and nunome
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) long

W.L. Behrens, Paris
G.G. Davies
R.C. Boyle
Axel Petersen, Esq., sold Sotheby's, London, 10 March, 1970, lot 132

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PUBLISHED:
Henri L. Joly, The W.L. Behrens Collection, Part III: Sword-Fittings, Tsuba, Metal, reprint of London, 1912 (New York: Paragon Books, 1966), no. 2586.