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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A TSUBA BY SEIRYUKEN EIJU AND EIGHT OTHERS
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A nearly circular tsuba pierced with a rabbit and signed Seiryuken Eiju, with a gold inlaid kao, 6.9cm.; a slightly larger tsuba of similar shape carved and inlaid with two birds, sitting in a plum tree, under a silver moon, 8.1cm.; a tsuba in the form of a minogame, suggested by a star formation which is inlaid in gold dots and lines around the carapace, signed in archaic Chinese style, 7.4cm.; a tsuba pierced and carved with peony blooms and a butterfly, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Sakunoshin Tomohisa, 7.2cm.; a larger tsuba, the outline formed from two ho-o, carved and pierced, 8.4cm.; a tsuba carved and pierced in the form of a lotus leaf, signed Sashu (Sado) ju Toshiuji, 7.1cm.; a cast iron tsuba with a dragon curled around a bell, 7cm.; a tsuba pierced with flying wild geese and ginger leaves, signed Kofu ju Tatsutoshi, 7.1cm.; and another pierced and carved with a mounted Tartar archer shooting an arrow at a flight of geese, while his servant watches beneath a pine tree, 7.1cm. (9)
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A nearly circular tsuba pierced with a rabbit and signed Seiryuken Eiju, with a gold inlaid kao, 6.9cm.; a slightly larger tsuba of similar shape carved and inlaid with two birds, sitting in a plum tree, under a silver moon, 8.1cm.; a tsuba in the form of a minogame, suggested by a star formation which is inlaid in gold dots and lines around the carapace, signed in archaic Chinese style, 7.4cm.; a tsuba pierced and carved with peony blooms and a butterfly, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Sakunoshin Tomohisa, 7.2cm.; a larger tsuba, the outline formed from two ho-o, carved and pierced, 8.4cm.; a tsuba carved and pierced in the form of a lotus leaf, signed Sashu (Sado) ju Toshiuji, 7.1cm.; a cast iron tsuba with a dragon curled around a bell, 7cm.; a tsuba pierced with flying wild geese and ginger leaves, signed Kofu ju Tatsutoshi, 7.1cm.; and another pierced and carved with a mounted Tartar archer shooting an arrow at a flight of geese, while his servant watches beneath a pine tree, 7.1cm. (9)
Provenance
The third, W.W. Winkworth Collection
The sixth, J.C. Hawkshaw Collection
The seventh, E.J.L Gardiner Collection
The sixth, J.C. Hawkshaw Collection
The seventh, E.J.L Gardiner Collection
Literature
The sixth, Henri L. Joly Japanese sword-mounts, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, Esq., M.A. (London, 1910), no. 1338, pl. 23.
Special notice
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