Lot Essay
For a similar example to the fourth see B. W. Robinson, The Baur Collection: Japanese sword-fittings and associated metalwork, (Geneva, 1980), D272
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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
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FIVE INLAID IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
A rounded square iron tsuba carved in low relief with a stylised dragon and a sacred Chinese mountain, with a shakudo fukurin, unsigned, Namban School; a round iron tsuchimeji tsuba chiselled in low relief with horses, details in gilt, unsigned, Namban School; a round iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in gilt nunome-zogan with auspicious clouds and other religious items, unsigned; an oval iron plate chiselled with the Takarabune, unsigned; and a round iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in nunomezogan showing two opposed dragons, unsigned, Namban School
3.7cm., 8.1cm., 8cm., 7.2cm. and 8.1cm. (5)
Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
A rounded square iron tsuba carved in low relief with a stylised dragon and a sacred Chinese mountain, with a shakudo fukurin, unsigned, Namban School; a round iron tsuchimeji tsuba chiselled in low relief with horses, details in gilt, unsigned, Namban School; a round iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in gilt nunome-zogan with auspicious clouds and other religious items, unsigned; an oval iron plate chiselled with the Takarabune, unsigned; and a round iron plate carved, pierced and inlaid in nunomezogan showing two opposed dragons, unsigned, Namban School
3.7cm., 8.1cm., 8cm., 7.2cm. and 8.1cm. (5)
Provenance
For the first and second, Soame Jenyns