Lot Essay
The hakogaki dates the tsuba to the middle of the Muromachi period (1392-1573); early sword fittings of this type are sometimes classified as tachikanagushi work.
Details
A RARE MUROMACHI PERIOD OVAL YAMAGANE KO-KINKO TSUBA, the plate with a simple punched pattern and two "auspicious clouds" in kosukashi, late 15th/early 16th century, 6.7 cm., in wood box with descriptive hakogaki by Sasano Masayuki
Provenance
The Phyllis Sharpe Memorial Collection