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Lot 196
A Mito School iron tsuba By Naomasa, 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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By Naomasa, 19th century
Of almost circular form, carved in Choshu-style relief and inlaid with a courtier and attendant outside a brushwood fence beneath a pewter full moon, the reverse with a landscape, details in gold and shakudo takazogan; signed Naomasa.
8.4cm (3¼in).
Of almost circular form, carved in Choshu-style relief and inlaid with a courtier and attendant outside a brushwood fence beneath a pewter full moon, the reverse with a landscape, details in gold and shakudo takazogan; signed Naomasa.
8.4cm (3¼in).
Footnotes
The maker may be that cited by Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Nihon Art Publishers, Ellwangen, Germany, 2001, no.H06688.
























