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Five Tsuba
Edo Period (19th century)
A broad oval brass tsuba chiseled with floral tendrils, pierced with large hitsu, the ground inlaid with enamel; a small iron Namban tsuba pierced with tendrils, gilt inlay; an oval iron Namban tsuba inlaid with two dragons in gold and silver nunome with silver key-fret edge; a rounded-square iron Namban tsuba pierced with tendrils and cranes; and a convex iron tsuba chiseled with a dragon and tendrils
7.3cm., 5.9cm., 7cm., 7.9cm., 6.7cm. high (5)
Provenance
The third, GG Davies Collection
The fifth, Glendinnings, 18th March 1953, Lot 321

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