An Iron Tsuba
Lot 128

An Iron Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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USD 2,160

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An Iron Tsuba
Edo period (18th century)
The rectangular plate carved in low relief and inlaid with gold, silver and copper with a scene of the poetry party at the Orchid Pavilion
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) long

Henri L. Joly, Paris
Walter L. Behrens, Paris

Specialist note

PUBLISHED:
Henri L. Joly and Kumasaka Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, first published in London, 1916 (reprinted Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1976), no. 1091.

Henri L. Joly, Legends in Japanese Art, reprint of London, 1908 (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1976), p. 174.

Sold Christie's London, 23 February, 1971