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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST INCSCRIBED TOU, THE SECOND INSCRIBED AND SEALED NATSUO AND INSCRIBED ZESHIN AND SEALED KEI
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Two Brass Tsuba and Two Iron Tsuba
Edo period (18th-19th century), the first incscribed Tou, the second inscribed and sealed Natsuo and inscribed Zeshin and sealed Kei
The first a Nara-style brass mokko plate etched on the surface with rain drops and applied with a dragon in shakudo takazogan with gold whiskers, signature on the edge of the rim in gold flush-inlay; the second, a rounded-rectangular copper plate dished to the edge decorated with a design after Shibata Zeshin with nuphar by a stream in katakiri bori and gold and shakudo takazogan; the third, an iron plate formed as a thirty-two lobe chrysanthemum decorated with scrolling vines in gold hirazogan; the fourth, a circular iron shingen tsuba with gold and iron stitch design around the center, raised rim
2¾in. (7cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.8cm.) long; 3 1/8n. (7.8cm.); 3¼in. (8.2cm.) diameter (4)
Edo period (18th-19th century), the first incscribed Tou, the second inscribed and sealed Natsuo and inscribed Zeshin and sealed Kei
The first a Nara-style brass mokko plate etched on the surface with rain drops and applied with a dragon in shakudo takazogan with gold whiskers, signature on the edge of the rim in gold flush-inlay; the second, a rounded-rectangular copper plate dished to the edge decorated with a design after Shibata Zeshin with nuphar by a stream in katakiri bori and gold and shakudo takazogan; the third, an iron plate formed as a thirty-two lobe chrysanthemum decorated with scrolling vines in gold hirazogan; the fourth, a circular iron shingen tsuba with gold and iron stitch design around the center, raised rim
2¾in. (7cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.8cm.) long; 3 1/8n. (7.8cm.); 3¼in. (8.2cm.) diameter (4)
Provenance
The first and second, Howard Mansfield, New York
The third and fourth, Edward G. Kennedy, New York
The third and fourth, Edward G. Kennedy, New York
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.