Lot Essay
This family crest was well known in the Muromachi period as the mon of the Ashikaga family. In the early Edo period (circa 1650) it was used by a number of lesser daimyo families.
Details
A KYOTO SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1650)
The round iron plate is carved with an openwork design of a band of pine-river-diamond crests (matsukawabishi mon) in a circle between the rim and the central area. There are delicate iron bones in the edge--height and width 7.5cm., thickness 4.0mm.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1650)
The round iron plate is carved with an openwork design of a band of pine-river-diamond crests (matsukawabishi mon) in a circle between the rim and the central area. There are delicate iron bones in the edge--height and width 7.5cm., thickness 4.0mm.
Provenance
Glendining & Co., London, July 1965, lot 167