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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN IRON MIGAKIJI TSUBA and five others
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
A rounded rectangular iron migakiji tsuba with dragons and thunderclouds in gilt nunomezogan; a shallow mokkogata tsuchimeji tsuba decorated in iroe takazogan with dragonflies, a wasp and a butterfly, late 18th-early 19th Century; a circular iron tsuba decorated with bush-clover, chrysanthemums and grasses in gold nunomezogan, late 18th-early 19th Century; an oval iron tsuba with a tigerlily in yosukashi and nikubori, signed Choshu Hagi ju Kawaji saku, late 18th-early 19th Century; a circular iron shishiaibori tsuba, in sentoku takazogan and gilt and silver nunomezogan, with kirin in a mystical cloud and rock landscape, unsigned, Hizen-Nagasaki style, 18th Century; and a naga-mokkogata, karabana in kebori and silver and gilt nunomezogan, unsigned, Hizen-Nagasaki style, 18th Century
6.9cm., 8.6cm., 7.6cm., 7.4cm., 8cm. and 9.4cm. respectively (6)
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
A rounded rectangular iron migakiji tsuba with dragons and thunderclouds in gilt nunomezogan; a shallow mokkogata tsuchimeji tsuba decorated in iroe takazogan with dragonflies, a wasp and a butterfly, late 18th-early 19th Century; a circular iron tsuba decorated with bush-clover, chrysanthemums and grasses in gold nunomezogan, late 18th-early 19th Century; an oval iron tsuba with a tigerlily in yosukashi and nikubori, signed Choshu Hagi ju Kawaji saku, late 18th-early 19th Century; a circular iron shishiaibori tsuba, in sentoku takazogan and gilt and silver nunomezogan, with kirin in a mystical cloud and rock landscape, unsigned, Hizen-Nagasaki style, 18th Century; and a naga-mokkogata, karabana in kebori and silver and gilt nunomezogan, unsigned, Hizen-Nagasaki style, 18th Century
6.9cm., 8.6cm., 7.6cm., 7.4cm., 8cm. and 9.4cm. respectively (6)
Provenance
The last: W.L. Behrens
Literature
Henri L.Joly, W.L. Behrens Collection, pt. III Sword-Fittings (London, 1912), no. 1501, pl. XXV.
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