AN INLAID IRON TSUBA
AN INLAID IRON TSUBA

SIGNED SUIFU NO SHOSHIN SHIHO TEIKAN, TOBU (NI) OITE KOISHIGAWA OKAN KIZAMU, AND SEAL SHINSUI, 19TH CENTURY

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AN INLAID IRON TSUBA
Signed Suifu no Shoshin Shiho Teikan, Tobu (ni) oite koishigawa okan kizamu, and seal Shinsui, 19th Century
The mokkogata iron tsuba chiselled in low relief with three of the Seven Gods of Good Luck, gilt detail
8.3cm.

拍品專文

For the artist see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, (Ellwangen, 2001), 3 volumes, p.1895, no.09521
Ogawa Teikan (Sadamoto) (1828-1898) worked in Edo, he became a retainer of the Mito Tokugawa and of the Bakufu