THREE INLAID IRON TSUBA

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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THREE INLAID IRON TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
A hachimokkogata iron tsuba with wild geese in iron takazogan, details in shakudo and gilt hirazogan, signed Hiroyuki; an oval iron plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with a Tokusa Gari scene of gathering rushes beneath the moon, gilt details, signed Kingyokudo Myochin Hirosada; and an oval iron plate carved and pierced in kage sukashi with a horse, gilt details signed Hiromasa and kao
7cm., 7.1cm., and 7cm. (3)

Provenance

For the third Duncan Beresford-Jones

Lot Essay

For the artist see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.2224, no.H11367 (for the first); p.289, no.01386 (for the second); p.283, no.01330 (for the third)
For the signature of the first see K. Kokubo, Shinsen Kinko Meikan, (Tokyo, 1993), p.317

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