Live Auction 7271Japanese Art and Design
AN IRON TSUBA AND TWO OTHERS
Lot 420

AN IRON TSUBA AND TWO OTHERS

EDO PERIOD (17TH - 19TH CENTURY)

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GBP 420

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AN IRON TSUBA AND TWO OTHERS
EDO PERIOD (17TH - 19TH CENTURY)
A ROUND TSUBA CHISELLED WITH FIGURES IN A BOAT, COPPER AND GILT DETAILS; A MOKKOGATA IRON AIZU SHOAMI TSUBA INLAID IN TENZOGAN WITH STARS AND A CONSTELLATION, THE HITSUANA FORMED AS AUSPICIOUS CLOUDS, SIGNED SHOAMI SHIGENOBU AND A KAWARIGATA SHIBUICHI EDO AKAO TSUBA FORMED AS CHIDORI OVER WAVES, THE EYES GILT, SIGNED KOFU JU AKAO YOSHITSUGU
7.9CM., 8.6CM. AND 7CM. (3)

THE FIRST:
HARVIE

Specialist note

FOR THE ARTIST OF THE SECOND TSUBA SEE ROBERT E. HAYNES, THE INDEX OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, (ELLWANGEN, 2001), 3 VOLUMES, P.1674, NO.0841
FOR THE ARTIST OF THE THIRD TSUBA SEE ROBERT E. HAYNES, THE INDEX OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, (ELLWANGEN, 2001), 3 VOLUMES, P.2352/3, NO.12225-9