Lot Essay
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu [Especially precious sword fitting] issued by the N.B.T.H.K, no.35, dated Showa 55 (1980)
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MUROMACHI-MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
Details
A Broad Oval Yamagane Tsuba
Muromachi-Momoyama Period (16th century)
Carved with Amida-yasurime and stampted with kiri mon, mitsutomoe and other designs, the hitsu-ana possibly later, shakudo rim, Tachikanagushi School, fitted wood box
7.7cm. high
Muromachi-Momoyama Period (16th century)
Carved with Amida-yasurime and stampted with kiri mon, mitsutomoe and other designs, the hitsu-ana possibly later, shakudo rim, Tachikanagushi School, fitted wood box
7.7cm. high
Literature
Masterpieces from the Randolph B. Caldwell Collection: Japanese sword fittings, (London, 1994), no.2