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Lot 224*
Two Choshu School iron tsuba 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo Choshu School iron tsuba
19th century
The first of circular form, carved in takabori with a carp leaping from swirling water, signed Chohan Enri zo, 7.6cm (3in): the second of circular form, carved and pierced in the form of a minogame, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Yukitoshi saku, 7cm (2¾in); with two storage boxes. (6).
The first of circular form, carved in takabori with a carp leaping from swirling water, signed Chohan Enri zo, 7.6cm (3in): the second of circular form, carved and pierced in the form of a minogame, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Yukitoshi saku, 7cm (2¾in); with two storage boxes. (6).
Footnotes
Each accompanied by a NBTHK Hozon certificate.
For the maker of the first tsuba, see Robert Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, 2001, no.H00477; for the second, see ibid., no.H12473.
























