Lot 46
46
A KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA

Details
A KYO-SUKASHI TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1688-1704)

The round iron plate is pierced with a design of twelve kiri (paulownia) crests in a circle. The ryo-hitsu are formed as two ginger buds (myoga). The kogai-hitsu is plugged in polished shakudo and the rim is made from the same material. There is some surface carving to the kiri blooms and the myoga--height and width 7.6cm., thickness 5.5mm.
Provenance
Garbutt collection
Glendining & Co., London, July 1965, lot 167, not illustrated.

Lot Essay

Kyo-sukashi tsuba of this type and style were not signed and they are now categorised by their place of manufacture rather than by whom they were made. The design demonstrates the strength and sophistication that is typical of works produced in Kyoto in the Genroku era (1688-1704).