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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A LACQUERED TSUBA
Edo Period (17th Century)
The iron plate with black lacquer carved through to reveal a layer of red lacquer beneath, both sides decorated with dragons and tama amongst clouds on a ground of stylised waves
¼ x 3 x 3in. (.6 x 7.7 x 7.8cm.)
Edo Period (17th Century)
The iron plate with black lacquer carved through to reveal a layer of red lacquer beneath, both sides decorated with dragons and tama amongst clouds on a ground of stylised waves
¼ x 3 x 3in. (.6 x 7.7 x 7.8cm.)
Provenance
Michael Tomkinson
Literature
Henri L. Joly and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 1119, pl. CLIII
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 112
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 112
Special notice
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