AN IRON KANAYAMA SUKASHI TSUBA

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AN IRON KANAYAMA SUKASHI TSUBA
15th/16th Century

The circular tsuba pierced with stylized designs and square ryohitsu, the mimi with slight tekkotsu
6.9cm.

Provenance

Keith Evans

Lot Essay

Accompanied by N.B.T.H.K. certificate no. 122. attributing the piece to Owari-sukashi.

A similar piece is illustrated in Torigoe Kazutaro, Tankan shoki (Token Shunju Shinbunsha, Tokyo, 1976), p.162.

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