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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST INSCRIBED IWAMOTO KONKAN AND WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM), THE SECOND SIGNED ECHIZEN JU KINAI
Details
A Yokoya School Tsuba and Two Iron Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), the first inscribed Iwamoto Konkan and with kao (cursive monogram), the second signed Echizen ju Kinai
Comprising a rounded-rectangular copper tanto tsuba finished with an ishime-ji ground and decorated with Shoki looking up at two demons in the clouds in iroe takazogan; a circular iron openwork tsuba designed with lotus leaves and scrolling vines with gold inlays; an openwork iron tsuba designed with a Manzai dancer and young pines, details gold inlay
2¼in. (5.7cm.) long; 3 1/8in (7.9cm.); 3¼in. (8.2cm.) diameter (3)
Edo period (19th century), the first inscribed Iwamoto Konkan and with kao (cursive monogram), the second signed Echizen ju Kinai
Comprising a rounded-rectangular copper tanto tsuba finished with an ishime-ji ground and decorated with Shoki looking up at two demons in the clouds in iroe takazogan; a circular iron openwork tsuba designed with lotus leaves and scrolling vines with gold inlays; an openwork iron tsuba designed with a Manzai dancer and young pines, details gold inlay
2¼in. (5.7cm.) long; 3 1/8in (7.9cm.); 3¼in. (8.2cm.) diameter (3)
Provenance
The first Howard Mansfield, New York
The second Edward G. Kennedy, New York
The third Bashford Dean, New York
The second Edward G. Kennedy, New York
The third Bashford Dean, New York
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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