EDO PERIOD (17TH-19TH CENTURY)
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TWO SENTOKU AND AN IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (17th-19th Century)
A hishigata sentoku tsuba chiselled in low relief with fruiting vines and inlaid with opaque enamel, unsigned; a round kikugata iron tsuba inlaid in enamel and brass with a butterfly in yo-sukashi on a stylised chrysanthemum, unsigned; and a round sentoku plate carved in yo-sukashi with a karashishi and peonies and inlaid with opaque enamels, with applied silver rim, unsigned
6.5cm., 8cm. and 7.2cm. (3)
Edo Period (17th-19th Century)
A hishigata sentoku tsuba chiselled in low relief with fruiting vines and inlaid with opaque enamel, unsigned; a round kikugata iron tsuba inlaid in enamel and brass with a butterfly in yo-sukashi on a stylised chrysanthemum, unsigned; and a round sentoku plate carved in yo-sukashi with a karashishi and peonies and inlaid with opaque enamels, with applied silver rim, unsigned
6.5cm., 8cm. and 7.2cm. (3)
Provenance
For the first, W.L. Behrens and Soame Jenyns
Exhibited
For the first, The Red Cross Exhibition, see Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no.1160
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