TWELVE IRON TSUBA
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TWELVE IRON TSUBA

MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (16TH - 19TH CENTURY)

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TWELVE IRON TSUBA
MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (16TH - 19TH CENTURY)
A round and convex iron tsuba, the very thick plate half chiselled as a kiku with an inome and an irregular piercing, (16th century); an oval tsuba formed as a basket of flowers gilt details Bushu School, (19th Century); a broad oval tsuba pierced and chiselled in low relief with a hare beneath the moon, gilt details, Tsuchiya School, (19th century); a rounded square tsuba pierced with an irregular design, Akasaka School, (18th Century); a mokkogata tsuba pierced overall with grasses, gilt details, (19th Century); a broad oval tsuba inlaid in brass with flowers and scrolling tendrils, Heian-jo School, (late 16th-early 17th century); a circular tsuba pierced with a kiku in kage-sukashi, (17th century); a round tsuba carved and pierced a butterflies and foliage, (19th Century); and four other tsuba
7.3cm. - 9.7cm. diam. (12)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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