EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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TWO IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval iron tsuba with dished plate, chiselled with a tiger in katakiri, silver and gilt inlay, signed Yurakusai Sekibun; and a mokkogata iron ishimeji plate carved and inlaid with grasses in iron and silver low relief, signed Ikkansai Masayoshi
6.9cm. and 8.1cm. (2)

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Lot Essay

For the artist of the first see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.1624, no.08118-9, and Takeshi Wakayama, Toso Kinko Jiten, (Tokyo, 1984), p.911-12

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