EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST SIGNED TOKUOKI SEI AND INSCRIBED OKYO ZU [AFTER A DESIGN BY MARUYAMA OKYO (1733-95)], THE SECOND INSCRIBED MIZUNOE TATSU TOSHI AKI CHUSETSU KORE O KOKUSU AND OTSURYUKEN MIBOKU, THE FOURTH INSCRIBED YAMASHIRO KUNI NISHIJIN JU UMETADA

Details

Two Kinko (Mixed-Metal) Tsuba, Three Iron Tsuba and an Openwork Tsuba
Edo-Meiji period (19th century), the first signed Tokuoki sei and inscribed Okyo zu [after a design by Maruyama Okyo (1733-95)], the second inscribed Mizunoe tatsu toshi aki chusetsu kore o kokusu and Otsuryuken Miboku, the fourth inscribed Yamashiro kuni nishijin ju Umetada
Comprising a rounded-rectangular shibuichi migaki-ji plate decorated with a deer beneath a rising sun, reishi fungus and distant pine trees in iroe takazogan; a rounded-rectangular brass plate with raised rim and decorated with an axe and a farmer with a sake gourd by a waterfall in iroe takazogan and shishiai bori; an irregular-shaped iron plate with a raised rim punched on the surface and carved with a spider, pine needles and maple leaves in low relief and inlaid with gold hollyhock crests; a rounded-rectangular iron plate carved with phoenixes in low relief; a rounded-rectangular iron plate with an ishime-ji finish and decorated with an oxherd and ox with gold inlays; a circular copper openwork tsuba carved in the round with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, details and rim shakudo
2¾in. (7cm.); 3½in. (8.9cm.); 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.); 3 5/8in. (9cm.); 3¼in. (8.3cm.) long; 3 1/8in. (8cm.) diameter (6)

Provenance

The first and second Mrs. George A. Crocker and Malcolm MacMartin, New York
The third Edward G. Kennedy, New York
The fourth and fifth Bashford Dean, New York
The sixth Herman A. E, and Paul C. Jaehne, New York

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve. This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

The first two tsuba offered in this group were given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1937 by Mrs. George A Crocker. The collection was actually formed by Malcolm MacMartin and was lent to the museum for an exhibition in 1913 (see Bashford Dean, "Loan Collection of Japanese Sword Guards" in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 11 (1913): pp. 228-35).

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