Lot Essay
The first is a classical kagami-shi [mirror-maker] tsuba, another example of which, evidently cast from the same mould, is illustrated in Nihon Tohan Zusetsu by Takezawa Masao, p. 209, no.615.
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MUROMACHI/EDO PERIOD (15TH/19TH CENTURY)
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AN NANBOKUCHO PERIOD KAGAMI-SHI TSUBA AND A VERY LARGE NARA TSUBA BY NARA TOSHINAO
Muromachi/Edo period (15th/19th century)
A cast, circular gilt yamagane tsuba with two concentric broad grooves formed from three rounded ridges, within which are a circle of dots, two parallel ridges broken by an abstract organic form in relief and in the central area scrolls, the reverse similarly decorated, 7.9cm.; and a large, but lightly made irregularly shaped copper tsuba, the face decorated with punch marks and partly black-lacquered and gold rectangles of various sizes, the reverse etched with 'toad-skin' texture, signed Nara Toshinao, 10.4cm (2)
Muromachi/Edo period (15th/19th century)
A cast, circular gilt yamagane tsuba with two concentric broad grooves formed from three rounded ridges, within which are a circle of dots, two parallel ridges broken by an abstract organic form in relief and in the central area scrolls, the reverse similarly decorated, 7.9cm.; and a large, but lightly made irregularly shaped copper tsuba, the face decorated with punch marks and partly black-lacquered and gold rectangles of various sizes, the reverse etched with 'toad-skin' texture, signed Nara Toshinao, 10.4cm (2)
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