Lot Essay
The artist of the second tsuba is of the Kyo Shoami school.
THE SECOND SIGNED TENKA CHUKO KAIZAN SHOAMI JIROHACHI, THE FIRST 19TH CENTURY AND THE SECOND, 18TH CENTURY
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A BIZEN SHOAMI AND SHOAMI JIROHACHI TSUBA
The second signed Tenka chuko kaizan Shoami Jirohachi, the first 19th Century and the second, 18th Century
A large circular iron plate carved in sukidashi bori in plum flowers, the flower core in gold nunome zogan, square mimi; and a Shoami iron tsuchime-ji plate pierced with a large kiri leaf, rounded mimi
8.2cm. and 8cm. respectively
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The second signed Tenka chuko kaizan Shoami Jirohachi, the first 19th Century and the second, 18th Century
A large circular iron plate carved in sukidashi bori in plum flowers, the flower core in gold nunome zogan, square mimi; and a Shoami iron tsuchime-ji plate pierced with a large kiri leaf, rounded mimi
8.2cm. and 8cm. respectively
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