EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A ROUNDED-SQUARE SHAKUDO TSUCHIME-JI TSUBA AND A NARA TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
Depicting chidori flying over a pine grove and the sea decorated in copper, shakudo, shibuichi and gilt katazogan, square mimi, with signature Yasuchika; and a copper tsuba depicting Hotei with a mallet and a large sack in Joi style shishiaibori, shibuichi and gilt takazogan, with signature Issando Joi and seal
2¾in. (6.9cm.) and 2¾in. (7cm.) respectively (2)
Edo Period (19th Century)
Depicting chidori flying over a pine grove and the sea decorated in copper, shakudo, shibuichi and gilt katazogan, square mimi, with signature Yasuchika; and a copper tsuba depicting Hotei with a mallet and a large sack in Joi style shishiaibori, shibuichi and gilt takazogan, with signature Issando Joi and seal
2¾in. (6.9cm.) and 2¾in. (7cm.) respectively (2)
Provenance
The first; Steven's Collection