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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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TWO SHAKUDO TSUBA
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval shakudo plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikonebori depicting an episode from the Gempei Wars, with signature Hamano Haruyuki and Kao; and a round shakudo plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikonebori with Tawara Toda shooting an arrow at the centipede on Seta Bridge, with full Soten signature
7.1cm. and 7.4cm. (2)
Edo Period (19th Century)
An oval shakudo plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikonebori depicting an episode from the Gempei Wars, with signature Hamano Haruyuki and Kao; and a round shakudo plate carved, pierced and inlaid in Hikonebori with Tawara Toda shooting an arrow at the centipede on Seta Bridge, with full Soten signature
7.1cm. and 7.4cm. (2)
Provenance
For the second, W.L. Behrens
Literature
For the second, Henri L. Joly, W.L. Behrens Collection, (London, 1913-14), p.43, pl.XIX, no.1179
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