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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
Three Iron Tsuba
Edo period (19th century)
Comprising a plate tsuba deeply carved and finished as a peony flower, both hitsuana plugged in shakudo; a circular tsuba pierce-carved in the form of a crane, traces of gilt detail; a pierced tsuba carved with tightly-grouped monkeys
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.); 3¼in. (8.3cm.); 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diameter (3)
Edo period (19th century)
Comprising a plate tsuba deeply carved and finished as a peony flower, both hitsuana plugged in shakudo; a circular tsuba pierce-carved in the form of a crane, traces of gilt detail; a pierced tsuba carved with tightly-grouped monkeys
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.); 3¼in. (8.3cm.); 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diameter (3)
Provenance
The first Burian Collection
Demaree and Dorothy Bess
Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, The Late Charles A. Greenfield Collection, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lot 282
Demaree and Dorothy Bess
Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, The Late Charles A. Greenfield Collection, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lot 282