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Three Soft-Metal TsubaThe First Signed Masanobu, Edo Period
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £562.50 inc. premium
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Three Soft-Metal Tsuba
The First Signed Masanobu, Edo Period
The First Signed Masanobu, Edo Period
The first oval shakudo engraved with a figure and a butterfly within a gilt roped rim; the second oval copper decorated with foliage, a tiger and butterflies in shakudo, copper and gold; the last yamagane, cast and pierced with Hotei and his sack with copper and gilt details (3)
6.2 cm., 7.2 cm. and 5.7 cm.
6.2 cm., 7.2 cm. and 5.7 cm.
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Provenance:
The first ex Gardiner and Duncan Beresford-Jones Collections








