Seven tsuba
18th-19th century
Comprising an Ise iron plate carved as an abalone shell, signed Nobutora saku; a brass-inlaid iron circular tsuchimeji plate with fans carved with various designs; a rounded square iron tsuchimeji plate with gambolling horses beneath a tree in iroe takazogan; a later Heianjo brass-inlaid rounded square iron plate with nanten berries; an oval iron plate decorated with insects and plants in iroe takazogan, copper fukurin; a later Nara School mokko iron plate with insects and plants in iroe takazogan; a trapezoidal iron plate carved with a crane above a stream in iroe takazogan and yasurime. The largest 8.5cm (3 3/8in). (7).
Sold for
£576
inc. premium
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Category:
Asian Art
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Japanese Art
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