Sale 1978
New York
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18 March 2008
Price realised
USD 312
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A Tosa Shoami-Style Tsuba and a Tosho-Style Tsuba Edo period (18th-19th century) The first, a sukashi tsuba designed with scrolling bracken ferns; the second, an iron mokko plate hammered on the surface to a rough stone finish 3¼in. (8.3cm.); 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long (2)
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