Lot Essay
Motoyuki was an early 18th century swordsmith of Hizen province, the chiselling of the So no Kurikara is of a type normally found on a sword blade.
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AN OWARI SUKASHI TSUBA AND EIGHT OTHERS
Oval, a stylised dragon in yo-sukashi, the rim with linear tekkotsu, Owari, 7.3cm; oval, lightly chiselled with a tiger by a waterfall, signed Hagi Riuenshi tsukuru (Okamoto Enri of Choshu), 7.2cm; oval, the mokume plate lightly carved with a dragon and ken (So no Kurikara), signed Karatsu ju Motoyuki saku, To saku nin, 7.3cm; oval, lightly carved with a shishi grasping a ball, gilt details, signed Ichiriuken Naotoshi, 8.1cm; rounded square, chiselled and pierced with a flowering plum tree on a tsuchime ground, silver and gilt details, 8cm; oval, carved with a sage in a boat, gilt details, 7.8cm; round, undecorated tsuba signed Kanemune, 8.9cm; oval, cruciform design within a pipe rim, 6.3cm and a plain tanto tsuba, 3.2cm., all 16th-19th century (8)
Oval, a stylised dragon in yo-sukashi, the rim with linear tekkotsu, Owari, 7.3cm; oval, lightly chiselled with a tiger by a waterfall, signed Hagi Riuenshi tsukuru (Okamoto Enri of Choshu), 7.2cm; oval, the mokume plate lightly carved with a dragon and ken (So no Kurikara), signed Karatsu ju Motoyuki saku, To saku nin, 7.3cm; oval, lightly carved with a shishi grasping a ball, gilt details, signed Ichiriuken Naotoshi, 8.1cm; rounded square, chiselled and pierced with a flowering plum tree on a tsuchime ground, silver and gilt details, 8cm; oval, carved with a sage in a boat, gilt details, 7.8cm; round, undecorated tsuba signed Kanemune, 8.9cm; oval, cruciform design within a pipe rim, 6.3cm and a plain tanto tsuba, 3.2cm., all 16th-19th century (8)