An Iron Yoshiro-Style Tsuba, a Tosho School Tsuba and an Iron Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

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An Iron Yoshiro-Style Tsuba, a Tosho School Tsuba and an Iron Tsuba
Edo period (18th-19th century)
The first circular and pierced with lattice work and interlinked circles, decorated on one side with foliate scroll in inlaid brass; the second a circular plate carved on both sides with a lattice fence and pierced with stylized flowers; the third pierced with a catfish and a gourd, the fish's eyes highlighted with brass inlays
3½in. (8.9cm.); 3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) diameter; 3in. (7.6cm.) long (3)

Provenance

The first two Charles A. Greenfield, sold Sotheby's, New York, The Late Charles A. Greenfield Collection, Part II, 18 September, 1998, lots 244 and 280

Exhibited

The first, Japan House Gallery, New York, "The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield," 1972. autumn

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The first tsuba, Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield, exh. cat. (New York: Japan Society, 1972), tsuba no. 8 (text only).

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