EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details

A SWORDSMITH'S TSUBA AND ANOTHER
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
A BROAD OVAL SWORDSMITH'S TSUBA FORMED AS STYLISED FANS WITH A MOKUME-JI, SIGNED OMI NO KAMI (TSUGUHIDE) AND ANOTHER OVAL SWORDSMITH'S TSUBA PIERCED AND GILT INLAID WITH CHERRY BLOSSOM, SIGNED OMI NO KAMI TSUGUHIDE
7.7CM. AND 6.8CM. (2)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

FOR A SIMILAR EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST TSUBA SEE B.W. ROBINSON, THE ARTS OF THE JAPANESE SWORD (LONDON, 1961), PL. 32.

FOR THE ARTIST OF THE FIRST TSUBA SEE ROBERT E. HAYNES, THE INDEX OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, (ELLWANGEN, 2001), 3 VOLUMES, P.2100, NO.10749

More from Japanese Art and Design

View All