拍品 72
72
A JINGO SCHOOL TSUBA

細節
A JINGO SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800)

The elongated iron mokko form is decorated in brass inlay with a stylized dragon in cloud. The reverse is similarly inlaid with a vajra hilt and the kanji character gen. The hitsu-ana are of sea cucumber (namako) form. The rounded edge has some iron bones--height 8.5cm., width 7.8cm., thickness 5mm.

拍品專文

This is a common design in Jingo school tsuba, most often executed in silver nunome. This work can be attributed to the fourth master, who died in 1823. The dragon is made of several pieces of cast brass joined together. The fine hammer work of earlier generations is not apparent, but the quality of the brass inlay is still high.