Iron tsuba with plum blossoms with gilt highlights; Yamagane tsuba with blossoms on waves; Tachikangushi tsuba with lion, crane and clouds; Onin iron tsuba with brass inlaid flowers (condition); Heian-jo iron tsuba with flowering vines (condition)
A Shoami school tsuba, two Kagamishi tsuba and a Kaga school tsuba
16th-18th century
Comprising an iron rounded-rectangular plate carved with plum trees and rocks in takabori and iroe takazogan; two Kagamishi tsuba, the first cast with a tiger in a landscape, raised rim, the second cast with blossoms and maple leaves floating on waves; a rounded-rectangular iron plate inlaid with peonies and blossoming vines in brass hirazogan
3 1/2in (8cm) long (the largest)
Estimate:
US$ 1,500 - 2,000
£980 - 1,300
€1,200 - 1,600

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Property from the collection of Clarence McKenzie Lewis Jr.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art


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