Lot Essay
This unrecorded artist was undoubtedly an amateur or dilettante (i saku) who made tsuba as a hobby.
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AN I SAKU TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), SIGNED TADATSUGU AND JAR SEAL
The iron plate pierced to resemble a basket weave pattern, the edge and rim carved to imitate a rim cover, the signature and seal in gold nunome--height 7.3 cm.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), SIGNED TADATSUGU AND JAR SEAL
The iron plate pierced to resemble a basket weave pattern, the edge and rim carved to imitate a rim cover, the signature and seal in gold nunome--height 7.3 cm.