Lot Essay
The design on the second tsuba is popular in Heianjo sukashi tsuba.
UNSIGNED, EARLY EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A Ko-Shoami Sukashi Tsuba and a Heianjo Sukashi Tsuba
Unsigned, Early Edo period (17th Century)
The iron mokkogata of strong russet iron pierced with a design of flowers in yo-sukashi, rounded mimi, with a wood box; and the iron mokkogata plate pierced with a design of deer and autumn grasses in ji-sukashi, the detail in gold nunome zogan, stylised hitsuana in shakudo, rounded mimi, unsigned, early/mid Edo period (late 17th/early 18th century)
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.), thickness 2mm. and 3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 4.5mm. respectively (2)
Unsigned, Early Edo period (17th Century)
The iron mokkogata of strong russet iron pierced with a design of flowers in yo-sukashi, rounded mimi, with a wood box; and the iron mokkogata plate pierced with a design of deer and autumn grasses in ji-sukashi, the detail in gold nunome zogan, stylised hitsuana in shakudo, rounded mimi, unsigned, early/mid Edo period (late 17th/early 18th century)
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.), thickness 2mm. and 3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 4.5mm. respectively (2)
Literature
Lundgren Collection, nos. 15 and 18 respectively