A brass-inlaid iron tsuba
By Nagayoshi, Momoyama period, 16th century
The oval iron plate decorated with monkeys cavorting around a table, atop of which sits a vase of chrysanthemums, the reverse with similar design, all in brass hira-zogan and with shell-inlay highlights; signed Yamashiro ju Nagayoshi
2 1/2in (6.35cm) high
The oval iron plate decorated with monkeys cavorting around a table, atop of which sits a vase of chrysanthemums, the reverse with similar design, all in brass hira-zogan and with shell-inlay highlights; signed Yamashiro ju Nagayoshi
2 1/2in (6.35cm) high
Estimate:
US$ 1,500 - 2,000
£980 - 1,300
€1,200 - 1,600
£980 - 1,300
€1,200 - 1,600
Footnotes
- Provenance: Ex-Duncan Beresford-Jones collection
Exhibited: British Red Cross, Japanese art & handicraft, 1915
Published: Japanese art & handicraft: an illustrated record of the loan exhibition held in aid of the British Red Cross (New York: Tuttle, 1976).
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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