Lot Essay
For the artist see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.2248, no.H11515 (for the first), p.164, no.00637.0 (for the second)
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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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TWO INLAID IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
A kawarigata iron plate carved and pierced with two sages and a Chinese fan, signed Ushu Yonesawa ju Tetsushin o Yoshiharu and Kao; and a round iron plate carved and inlaid in Hikone bori with the poet Li Po and an attendant by the Lu waterfall beneath a chrysanthemum tree, signed Goshu Hikone ju...shi Niusan Yoshichika sei
7.5cm. and 7.7cm. (2)
Edo Period (19th Century)
A kawarigata iron plate carved and pierced with two sages and a Chinese fan, signed Ushu Yonesawa ju Tetsushin o Yoshiharu and Kao; and a round iron plate carved and inlaid in Hikone bori with the poet Li Po and an attendant by the Lu waterfall beneath a chrysanthemum tree, signed Goshu Hikone ju...shi Niusan Yoshichika sei
7.5cm. and 7.7cm. (2)
Provenance
For the second Carlo Monzino
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