Four Kaneie school iron tsuba
The second after Kaneie, 18th-19th century
Comprising an oval iron plate decorated with a scene from the eight-fold bridge in the Tales of Ise, decorated in iroe takazogan and takabori; an oval iron plate carved with an ox and ox-herd in a landscape in takabori and silver and brass highlights, inscribed Yamashiro kuni Fushimi ju Kaneie; a small oval iron plate with a hunter watching a flock of geese in iroe takazogan; a large mokko tsuchimeiji iron plate with a monkey fishing with gold and copper highlights, two udenukiana
4in (10.2cm) high (the largest)
Comprising an oval iron plate decorated with a scene from the eight-fold bridge in the Tales of Ise, decorated in iroe takazogan and takabori; an oval iron plate carved with an ox and ox-herd in a landscape in takabori and silver and brass highlights, inscribed Yamashiro kuni Fushimi ju Kaneie; a small oval iron plate with a hunter watching a flock of geese in iroe takazogan; a large mokko tsuchimeiji iron plate with a monkey fishing with gold and copper highlights, two udenukiana
4in (10.2cm) high (the largest)
Estimate:
US$ 1,800 - 2,200
£1,200 - 1,400
€1,300 - 1,600
£1,200 - 1,400
€1,300 - 1,600
Lot heading
Property from the collection of Clarence McKenzie Lewis Jr.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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