Four inlaid iron tsuba
19th century
The first, a classic Kinai design of a horse in trappings rendered in sukashibori and gold highlights; the second an iron mokko plate with a slightly raised rim and hammered on the surface and decorated with tea utensils and a lattice window in takabori, sukashibori and gold and silver takazogan; the third, a Kinai sukashi tsuba designed with a hanging bamboo flower vase with a branch of prunus, the details embellished with gold hirazogan; the fourth, an iron sukashi tsuba carved with Choryo and Kosekiko and the dragon emerging from the river
3 1/4in (8.3cm) long (the largest)
The first, a classic Kinai design of a horse in trappings rendered in sukashibori and gold highlights; the second an iron mokko plate with a slightly raised rim and hammered on the surface and decorated with tea utensils and a lattice window in takabori, sukashibori and gold and silver takazogan; the third, a Kinai sukashi tsuba designed with a hanging bamboo flower vase with a branch of prunus, the details embellished with gold hirazogan; the fourth, an iron sukashi tsuba carved with Choryo and Kosekiko and the dragon emerging from the river
3 1/4in (8.3cm) long (the largest)
Estimate:
US$ 2,200 - 2,800
£1,400 - 1,800
€1,700 - 2,200
£1,400 - 1,800
€1,700 - 2,200
Lot heading
Property from the collection of Clarence McKenzie Lewis Jr.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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