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Lot 212*
A Shoami-style tsuba 18th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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18th century
Of irregular lobed form with raised rim, inlaid with the outlines of a human skeleton holding a lantern, a skull and bones among grasses at its feet and a gravestone with a departing spirit on the reverse, in gold and silver zogan, unsigned; with storage box. 7cm (2¾in). (3).
Of irregular lobed form with raised rim, inlaid with the outlines of a human skeleton holding a lantern, a skull and bones among grasses at its feet and a gravestone with a departing spirit on the reverse, in gold and silver zogan, unsigned; with storage box. 7cm (2¾in). (3).
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Accompanied by a NBTHK Hozon certificate attributing the work to the Shoami School.
























