Lot Essay
The artist Osawa Inaba (not to be confused with Inabanosuke) worked in Shinano province (now Nagano prefecture) and studied in Kyoto.
SIGNED INABA, THE REVERSE HEIAN HORU KORE, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
An Iron Kyoto Tsuba
Signed Inaba, the reverse Heian horu kore, late Edo period (19th century)
The iron plate decorated with a dragon among turbulent waves in sukidashi takabori, with a wood box
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.), thickness 4mm.
Signed Inaba, the reverse Heian horu kore, late Edo period (19th century)
The iron plate decorated with a dragon among turbulent waves in sukidashi takabori, with a wood box
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.), thickness 4mm.
Literature
Lundgren Collection, no. 152