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MOMOYAMA/EDO PERIOD (16TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A GOOD HEIANJO TSUBA AND NINE OTHERS
Momoyama/Edo period (16th/19th Century)
A circular Heianjo tsuba, pierced with a plum blossom and a sea cucumber and inlaid in brass hirazogan with four crayfish among waves, 7.9cm.; an iron tsuba, the face carved with driving rain falling on chrysanthemums and other subjects, signed Ichiryusha jin Katsumitsu tsukuru, 8.5cm.; carved and pierced with a chrysanthemum growing from a barrel and a morning glory from a hanging basket, signed Choshu no ju Tomohisa, 7.6cm.; a rounded hexagonal tsuba inlaid with five horses, inscribed Yanagawa Naomasa, 7.7cm.; a circular iron tsuba, inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and sentoku with three geese flying over a namazu and a gourd, the reverse with three sea shells (one dented), signed Aidzu no ju Shoami, 7.8cm.; a mokko-shaped tsuba with swelling rims to each lobe of the mokko-form, the exterior surface of which is decorated with double karakusa of kiri in two colours of gold nunome-zogan, 8.3cm.; a large circular Kyo-sukashi tsuba pierced with a kiri-mon, 8.5cm.; an iron tsuba formed around the seppa-dai by eight formalised, intertwining geese, 19th century, 6.3cm.; an almost circular tsuba carved and pierced with two carp darting amongst the waves, details inlaid in gold, 7.2cm.; and a circular tsuba, pierced and carved with a diminutive horse in the process of devouring a spider's web, Kyo Shoami, 7.6cm. (10)
Momoyama/Edo period (16th/19th Century)
A circular Heianjo tsuba, pierced with a plum blossom and a sea cucumber and inlaid in brass hirazogan with four crayfish among waves, 7.9cm.; an iron tsuba, the face carved with driving rain falling on chrysanthemums and other subjects, signed Ichiryusha jin Katsumitsu tsukuru, 8.5cm.; carved and pierced with a chrysanthemum growing from a barrel and a morning glory from a hanging basket, signed Choshu no ju Tomohisa, 7.6cm.; a rounded hexagonal tsuba inlaid with five horses, inscribed Yanagawa Naomasa, 7.7cm.; a circular iron tsuba, inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and sentoku with three geese flying over a namazu and a gourd, the reverse with three sea shells (one dented), signed Aidzu no ju Shoami, 7.8cm.; a mokko-shaped tsuba with swelling rims to each lobe of the mokko-form, the exterior surface of which is decorated with double karakusa of kiri in two colours of gold nunome-zogan, 8.3cm.; a large circular Kyo-sukashi tsuba pierced with a kiri-mon, 8.5cm.; an iron tsuba formed around the seppa-dai by eight formalised, intertwining geese, 19th century, 6.3cm.; an almost circular tsuba carved and pierced with two carp darting amongst the waves, details inlaid in gold, 7.2cm.; and a circular tsuba, pierced and carved with a diminutive horse in the process of devouring a spider's web, Kyo Shoami, 7.6cm. (10)
Provenance
The third, W.L. Behrens and Henry Charles Clifford Collections
The fifth, E.J.L. Gardiner Collection
The tenth, W.W. Winkworth Collection
The fifth, E.J.L. Gardiner Collection
The tenth, W.W. Winkworth Collection
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.