Lot Essay
The artist of the first tsuba Takagi Kuninaga worked in Musashi province and specialised in mokume plate.
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A collection of fourteen tsuba
THE FIRST SIGNED KUNINAGA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A collection of fourteen tsuba
The first signed Kuninaga, 18th/19th Century
Large circular iron mokume ground, 7.9cm.; mokkogata iron Kanton decorated with choji among scrolling foliage within a band of geometric patterns in gold and silver nunome zogan, 7.7cm.; oval iron Choshu carved with a mountain landscape in low relief, 7.6cm.; and oval iron Bushu pierced with a design of a ho-o bird and kiri, 6.7cm.; circular iron Owari style pierced with a design of geese, 7.4cm.; rounded-square iron, late Higo, 8.7cm.; circular lobed iron pierced with four stylized plum flowers, 7.8cm.; rounded-square iron Kanton decorated with scrolls and clouds in gold and silver nunome zogan, 6.4cm.; circular iron pierced with lines and decorated with geometric and various patterns in gold nunome zogan, 7.8cm.; small oval pierced with mon, details in gilt, 6.1cm.; rounded-square iron, the flattened pipe mimi banded to resemble bamboo, 7.2cm.; aori gata iron tsuba carved with auspicious characters, 8.2cm.; thick iron rounded-square Sado style, the mimi in Tochibata style, 6.5cm.; and an oval depicting aquatic birds and reeds in the stream, 6.6cm. (14)
The first signed Kuninaga, 18th/19th Century
Large circular iron mokume ground, 7.9cm.; mokkogata iron Kanton decorated with choji among scrolling foliage within a band of geometric patterns in gold and silver nunome zogan, 7.7cm.; oval iron Choshu carved with a mountain landscape in low relief, 7.6cm.; and oval iron Bushu pierced with a design of a ho-o bird and kiri, 6.7cm.; circular iron Owari style pierced with a design of geese, 7.4cm.; rounded-square iron, late Higo, 8.7cm.; circular lobed iron pierced with four stylized plum flowers, 7.8cm.; rounded-square iron Kanton decorated with scrolls and clouds in gold and silver nunome zogan, 6.4cm.; circular iron pierced with lines and decorated with geometric and various patterns in gold nunome zogan, 7.8cm.; small oval pierced with mon, details in gilt, 6.1cm.; rounded-square iron, the flattened pipe mimi banded to resemble bamboo, 7.2cm.; aori gata iron tsuba carved with auspicious characters, 8.2cm.; thick iron rounded-square Sado style, the mimi in Tochibata style, 6.5cm.; and an oval depicting aquatic birds and reeds in the stream, 6.6cm. (14)