18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF TEN TSUBA
18th/19th century
Comprising a circular example with cut out four cornered foliate scroll; another circular tsuba inlaid with a softmetal figure of a priest carrying a skull-topped stick, the reverse with a sheaf of pine and bamboo; another circular example with a reticulated dragon; another reticulated circular example with branches and a temple gate; a reticulated example with parcel-gilded bunches of grapes; a circular tsuba with an inlaid archer in full armour, the reverse with a pine tree; a reticulated circular tsuba with a design of carp leaping towards clouds above cresting waves; a circular reticulated tsuba with two opposing butterflies; a circular tsuba inlaid with a design of crane in flight above water plants and boats at the water's edge, the reverse with a solitary crane in flight beneath a full moon, bamboo and waterdroplets; and an oval example reticulated with shochikubai (10)
18th/19th century
Comprising a circular example with cut out four cornered foliate scroll; another circular tsuba inlaid with a softmetal figure of a priest carrying a skull-topped stick, the reverse with a sheaf of pine and bamboo; another circular example with a reticulated dragon; another reticulated circular example with branches and a temple gate; a reticulated example with parcel-gilded bunches of grapes; a circular tsuba with an inlaid archer in full armour, the reverse with a pine tree; a reticulated circular tsuba with a design of carp leaping towards clouds above cresting waves; a circular reticulated tsuba with two opposing butterflies; a circular tsuba inlaid with a design of crane in flight above water plants and boats at the water's edge, the reverse with a solitary crane in flight beneath a full moon, bamboo and waterdroplets; and an oval example reticulated with shochikubai (10)