Lot Essay
For the artist see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p1201, no. 06050 (for the first)
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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
THREE IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (18th Century)
An oval iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikone bori with Yoritomo hiding in a tree after the Mount Ishibashi battle, gilt nunome rim, signed Kitagawa Zengoro Soten Sei; an oval iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikone bori, with an episode from the Annals of the Three Kingdoms, with a Soten signature, possibly Tetsugendo School; and a round iron plate carved with a shojo taking sake from a jar, with an applied shakudo rim, with a Soten signature, Shoami School
7.3cm., 7.8cm., 8.3cm. (3)
Edo Period (18th Century)
An oval iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikone bori with Yoritomo hiding in a tree after the Mount Ishibashi battle, gilt nunome rim, signed Kitagawa Zengoro Soten Sei; an oval iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikone bori, with an episode from the Annals of the Three Kingdoms, with a Soten signature, possibly Tetsugendo School; and a round iron plate carved with a shojo taking sake from a jar, with an applied shakudo rim, with a Soten signature, Shoami School
7.3cm., 7.8cm., 8.3cm. (3)
Provenance
For the second, The Lundgren Collection
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