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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED IWAMOTO KONKAN
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An Iwamoto School Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Iwamoto Konkan
The large iron and sentoku tsuba decorated with the emaciated Shakyamuni standing beneath a pine tree next to a waterfall in high-relief silver and copper, his halo in gold flush-inlay and the waterfall carved in sunken relief, the reverse sentoku with the god Fujin and his bag of wind carved in shishiai-bori
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Iwamoto Konkan
The large iron and sentoku tsuba decorated with the emaciated Shakyamuni standing beneath a pine tree next to a waterfall in high-relief silver and copper, his halo in gold flush-inlay and the waterfall carved in sunken relief, the reverse sentoku with the god Fujin and his bag of wind carved in shishiai-bori
3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long
Provenance
C.P. Peak, Esq.
S.G. Gardiner
Axel Petersen, Esq., sold Sotheby's, London, 10 March, 1970, lot 116
S.G. Gardiner
Axel Petersen, Esq., sold Sotheby's, London, 10 March, 1970, lot 116