Lot Essay
The design is taken from the fourteen volume book of Chinese culture, Morokoshi Kinmo Zui so Mokuroku.
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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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An Unusual Namban Tsuba
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
In the form of the moon in cloud, covered in gold and silver nunome and carved with torin and suitenhonsha [a waterwheel and a water lifting escalator], a dragon clutching a flaming tama, a hare pounding mochi and a katsura [lassia] tree
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.)
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
In the form of the moon in cloud, covered in gold and silver nunome and carved with torin and suitenhonsha [a waterwheel and a water lifting escalator], a dragon clutching a flaming tama, a hare pounding mochi and a katsura [lassia] tree
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.)
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