Lot 463
463
A PAIR OF ABUMI [STIRRUPS]
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A PAIR OF ABUMI [STIRRUPS]

MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)

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A PAIR OF ABUMI [STIRRUPS]
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
EACH INLAID WITH A HARE IN BRASS TAKAZOGAN AND SIGNED IN SILVER HIRAZOGAN (MOSTLY MISSING) KITAMURA SAKU, LACKING THE WOOD LINERS
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THERE WERE THREE MAKERS FROM THE MOMOYAMA TO EARLY EDO PERIOD WHO SIGNED KITAMURA. THE FAMILY ALSO MADE TSUBA.

FOR AN TSUBA DATED 1614 SEE KAWAGUCHI, TSUBA TAIKAN, (TOKYO, 1935), P. 480-481.

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