Six Tsuba of Various Schools

EDO PERIOD (18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES, THE FIRST, FIFTH AND SIXTH CIRCA 1750, THE SECOND CIRCA 1850)

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Six Tsuba of Various Schools
Edo Period (18th and 19th Centuries, The First, Fifth and Sixth Circa 1750, the Second Circa 1850)
1) A round, thick iron plate with a slightly raised rim, the web carved with a basket-weave pattern, and with three insects on the face, and two on the reverse, all inlaid in shakudo and copper, and with gold dots, Aizu-Shoami work; 2) an oval iron plate carved with a mat-weave pattern and overlaid with three carved go-san chrysanthemum crests, the leaves with gold nunome veins, the reverse with two chrysanthemum crests, late Aizu-Shoami work; 3) an iron mokko plate carved with a mat-weave and with a border of gold nunome scrollwork in a diamond shape; 4) a tanto hamidashi shaped iron plate carved on both sides in a mat-weave pattern; 5) a rounded-square iron plate with hammered surface in Tembo style, with ants inlaid in shibuichi and shakudo and gilt, and dew drops in shakudo, Mito area work; 6) a round iron plate with a slightly raised rim, the web cut in concentric grooves, the edge cut with rope pattern, Aizu-Shoami work (6)

Lot Essay

For a an example matching the sixth sword guard in this lot, see the first sword guard in lot 205.
PUBLISHED:
W. M. Hawley ed., Tsubas in Southern California (Los Angeles: Japanese Sword Club of Southern California, 1973), no. 371 [the first], no. 368 [the second], no. 1096 [the fourth].

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