Lot Essay
This piece could be by Tadamasa, the second master who made slightly thicker plates and thick seppa dai than later generations.
UNSIGNED, EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
An Iron Akasaka Sukashi Tsuba
Unsigned, early Edo period (17th century)
The circular iron plate pierced with a design of grasses and "bell" insects [suzumushi], a wide rounded mimi
3in. (7.6cm.), thickness 5mm.
Unsigned, early Edo period (17th century)
The circular iron plate pierced with a design of grasses and "bell" insects [suzumushi], a wide rounded mimi
3in. (7.6cm.), thickness 5mm.
Provenance
Dr Fahrenhorst Collection, pl. 12, no. 2756
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 159