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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A CIRCULAR AKITA SHOAMI TSUBA AND A SMALL SENTOKU TSUBA BY CHIKUZEN MASAAKI
Edo period (18th century)
A circular brass sukashi tsuba carved with fern shoots, the edge inlaid with karakusa in shakudo hirazogan [flat inlay], Akita Shoami school, 8.15cm.; and a small sentoku tsuba with peacocks' feathers and karakusa in minute inlays of gold, signed Chikuzen no ju Masaaki, 6.4cm. (2)
Edo period (18th century)
A circular brass sukashi tsuba carved with fern shoots, the edge inlaid with karakusa in shakudo hirazogan [flat inlay], Akita Shoami school, 8.15cm.; and a small sentoku tsuba with peacocks' feathers and karakusa in minute inlays of gold, signed Chikuzen no ju Masaaki, 6.4cm. (2)
Provenance
The first, J.C. Hawkshaw Collection
Literature
The first, Henri L. Joly Japanese sword-mounts, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of J. C. Hawkshaw, Esq., M.A. (London, 1910), no. 1111, pl. 49
Special notice
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