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Three Soft-Metal TsubaThe First Signed ..., The Second Signed ... With Kakihan, Edo Period
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,187.50 inc. premium
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Three Soft-Metal Tsuba
The First Signed ..., The Second Signed ... With Kakihan, Edo Period
The First Signed ..., The Second Signed ... With Kakihan, Edo Period
The first oval shakudo, the roughened plate inlaid with a mantis in gold and decorated with a butterfly and dragonfly in soft-metals; the second oval shibuichi decorated with two birds and reeds by a stream in soft-metals; the last of shibuichi of rounded diamond shape chiselled overall with crashing waves highlighted with drops of spray in gold and pierced with two udenka-ana, one riohitsu plugged with shakudo, each in a wooden box (3)
7.1 cm., 6.7 cm. and 6.9 cm.
7.1 cm., 6.7 cm. and 6.9 cm.








