A Kamakura-Bori Tsuba

UNSIGNED, LATE MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)

Details
A Kamakura-Bori Tsuba
Unsigned, late Muromachi period (16th Century)
The circular plate pierced with four flowers and petals, the detail and edge in sukidashi bori, rounded mimi, with a wood box
3½in. (8.8cm.), thickness 3.5mm.
Literature
Torigoe, K, Tsuba Kanshoki, (Bunkyo Shuppan Kabushikigaisha, Okayama, 1964), p.32

Lundgren Collection, no. 24

Lot Essay

The deep bold carving on this piece although not unknown is quite unusual for this school.

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