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MUROMACHI-MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH-17TH CENTURY)
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Four Tachikanagushi Tsuba
Muromachi-Momoyama period (16th-17th century)
Comprising an oval yamagane plate with dote mimi and finished with an ishime surface and hot-stamped with paulownia blossoms and maple leaves, traces of black lacquer; a aoi mokko-gata yamagane plate carved on the web with crashing waves, the inner edges of the rim pierced, traces of black lacquer; a mokko yamagane plate with a heavy dote mimi and pierced with four inome and two blossoms, the surface with traces of black lacquer, the hitsu-ana plugged with pewter; a mokko yamagane sukashi tsuba designed with curling tendrils
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) long (the largest) (4)
Muromachi-Momoyama period (16th-17th century)
Comprising an oval yamagane plate with dote mimi and finished with an ishime surface and hot-stamped with paulownia blossoms and maple leaves, traces of black lacquer; a aoi mokko-gata yamagane plate carved on the web with crashing waves, the inner edges of the rim pierced, traces of black lacquer; a mokko yamagane plate with a heavy dote mimi and pierced with four inome and two blossoms, the surface with traces of black lacquer, the hitsu-ana plugged with pewter; a mokko yamagane sukashi tsuba designed with curling tendrils
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) long (the largest) (4)