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A BAMEN TSUNEMASA TSUBA AND FIVE OTHERS
A Bamen School tsuba, the iron plate pierced with a design of birds among clouds, square mimi, with a wood box, signed Bamen Tsunemasa and kao, 2 13/16in. (7.2cm.), thickness 4mm; a Murakami school tsuba, the circular iron plate decorated with pigeons beneath the moon in shibuichi nunome zogan and kebori, square mimi, signed Jochiku and kao, 2 15/16in. (7.5cm.), thickness 4.5mm.; an Onin tsuba, the circular iron plate decorated with a long-eared hare and waves, in brass suemon-zogan, the reverse with plants, raised mimi [rounded dote mimi], a piece of inlay missing, unsigned, 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.), thickness 2mm., mimi 5mm.; a Heianjo tsuba, the polished iron plate decorated in brass hirazogan with chrysanthemum flowers and a chrysanthemum stream [kikusui], pierced with stylized makimono in ko-sukashi, unsigned 2 9/16in. (6.5cm.), mimi 3mm.; a Heianjo tsuba depicting a three-clawed dragon in takabori and brass zogan, the reverse with clouds, square mimi, unsigned, 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.), thickness 3mm.; and a Bushu Ito school tsuba, the oval plate pierced in nikubori-ji-sukashi with orchids, the dew drops in gold, signed Kofu ju Masatsune, 2 15/16in. (7.5cm.), thickness 4.5mm.; all 16-18th century (6)
