AN AORIGATA SHIBUICHI TSUBA and two others
Signed Sadamasa and kao, Edo Period (circa 1800)
An aorigata dark shibuichi tsuba decorated in iroe takazogan with Fujin the Wind God creating a storm, inscribed Shozui, 18th Century; a sentoku tsuba formed as a buddhist gong, the handle carved as opposed dragons' heads seizing a jewel in their jaws, gilt detail, signed Yasutaka, second half 18th Century; and a mokkogata sentoku tsuba copied from a Yasuchika design, a hare in kosukashi among bracken buds gazing at the moon, unsigned, 18th-19th Century
6.6cm., 6cm. and 6.9cm. respectively (3)
AN AORIGATA SHIBUICHI TSUBA and two others
Signed Sadamasa and kao, Edo Period (circa 1800)
An aorigata dark shibuichi tsuba decorated in iroe takazogan with Fujin the Wind God creating a storm, inscribed Shozui, 18th Century; a sentoku tsuba formed as a buddhist gong, the handle carved as opposed dragons' heads seizing a jewel in their jaws, gilt detail, signed Yasutaka, second half 18th Century; and a mokkogata sentoku tsuba copied from a Yasuchika design, a hare in kosukashi among bracken buds gazing at the moon, unsigned, 18th-19th Century
6.6cm., 6cm. and 6.9cm. respectively (3)