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Three oval iron tsuba and four fuchi-kashira
The tsuba carved and pierced with two monkeys climbing a peach tree by a fence, gilt details, Edo Period (19th century); carved and pierced with skeletal kiri leaves above two diagonal bars, Bushu Ito school, Edo Period (19th century); carved and pierced with three minogame, one with silver and two with copper hirazogan, Edo Period (17th century); the fuchi-kashira lightly chiselled with waves and seashells in takabori, silver details, signed Tomoshige nagusami ni kore o horu [made for fun by Tomoshige], Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century); shakudo nanako, with a daikon and leaves in gold and silver hirazogan and kebori, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century); shakudo ishimeji with kiku and leaves in takabori, gilt details, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century); and shakudo nanako with scattered gilt clouds, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century)
The tsuba 2.11/16in. (6.9cm.), 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.) and 2.13/16in. (7.2cm) respectively (11)
The tsuba carved and pierced with two monkeys climbing a peach tree by a fence, gilt details, Edo Period (19th century); carved and pierced with skeletal kiri leaves above two diagonal bars, Bushu Ito school, Edo Period (19th century); carved and pierced with three minogame, one with silver and two with copper hirazogan, Edo Period (17th century); the fuchi-kashira lightly chiselled with waves and seashells in takabori, silver details, signed Tomoshige nagusami ni kore o horu [made for fun by Tomoshige], Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century); shakudo nanako, with a daikon and leaves in gold and silver hirazogan and kebori, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century); shakudo ishimeji with kiku and leaves in takabori, gilt details, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century); and shakudo nanako with scattered gilt clouds, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century)
The tsuba 2.11/16in. (6.9cm.), 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.) and 2.13/16in. (7.2cm) respectively (11)