Two Onin Tsuba and a Sentoku Tsuba

MUROMACHI-EDO PERIOD (16TH-19TH CENTURY)

Price realised USD 1,920
Estimate
USD 2,000 – USD 3,000
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Two Onin Tsuba and a Sentoku Tsuba

MUROMACHI-EDO PERIOD (16TH-19TH CENTURY)

Price realised USD 1,920
Closed: 29 Mar 2005
Price realised USD 1,920
Closed: 29 Mar 2005
Details
Two Onin Tsuba and a Sentoku Tsuba
Muromachi-Edo period (16th-19th century)
The first a circular iron plate decorated in brass inlays with chrysanthemums, vines and plum blossoms and pierced with a plum blossom; the second, decorated in similar style with flowering vines; the third a large oval sentoku plate carved with Handaka with a dragon appearing out of his alms bowl, the reverse with a large pine tree, hitsu-ana plugged with shakudo
3in. (8.6cm.); 3½in. (8.8cm.); 3 9/16in. (9cm.) long (3)
Provenance
The first, Henri Vever, sold Sotheby's, London, The Henri Vever Collection of Fine Japanese Works of Art Part I, 24 October, 1972, lot 192

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