Lot Essay
For a similar piece see Compton Sale Part I, lot 25
UNSIGNED, LATE MUROMACHI PERIOD (LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY)
Details
A Mokkogata Onin Iron Tsuba
Unsigned, late Muromachi period (late 15th/early 16th Century)
Its four corners pierced as inome, each lobe of the mokko pierced in ko-sukashi with stylised Genji-mon, a fan, cherry and plum blossom, the plate inlaid with flowerheads, mitsuhiki-bishi and scrolling foliage, square mimi, with a wood box
3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 3mm.
Unsigned, late Muromachi period (late 15th/early 16th Century)
Its four corners pierced as inome, each lobe of the mokko pierced in ko-sukashi with stylised Genji-mon, a fan, cherry and plum blossom, the plate inlaid with flowerheads, mitsuhiki-bishi and scrolling foliage, square mimi, with a wood box
3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 3mm.
Literature
Torigoe, K, Tsuba Kanshoki, (Nihon Bunkyo Shuppan Kabushikigaisha, Okayama, 1964), p.33
Lundgren Collection, no. 3
Lundgren Collection, no. 3