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Property from the Collection of Governor and Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller
An Iron Tsuba
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED TOTO JU MUNEYOSHI AND SHITAJI UMETADA MASAHIDE (PLATE MADE BY UMETADA MASAHIDE)
Details
An Iron Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Toto ju Muneyoshi and Shitaji Umetada Masahide (plate made by Umetada Masahide)
The mokko iron plate with an ishime-ji finish and pierced with a hare and the moon and clouds and decorated with gold nunome plants; hitsuana both plugged
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Toto ju Muneyoshi and Shitaji Umetada Masahide (plate made by Umetada Masahide)
The mokko iron plate with an ishime-ji finish and pierced with a hare and the moon and clouds and decorated with gold nunome plants; hitsuana both plugged
3¼in. (8.2cm.) long
Provenance
Roland Hartman, sold Christie's, London, The Hartman Collection of Japanese Metalwork, 30 June and 1 July, 1976, lot 265