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A SAGA KANEIE TSUBA AND THREE OTHERS
EDO PERIOD (LATE 16TH - 19TH CENTURY)
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A SAGA KANEIE TSUBA AND THREE OTHERS
EDO PERIOD (LATE 16TH - 19TH CENTURY)
A ROUND TSUCHIME-JI SAGA KANEIE TSUBA CHISELLED WITH LEAVES AND BIRDS, GILT DETAIL, WITH A KANEIE SIGNATURE; A ROUND IRON SHOAMI TSUBA CARVED IN YO-SUKASHI WITH THE TIGER AND BAMBOO DESIGN [TAKE NI TORA ZU], GILT DETAILS, SHAKUDO RIM; A YOSHIRO TSUBA, THE OVAL PLATE INLAID WITH KIRI LEAVES IN BRASS HIRAZOGAN, SIGNED YAMASHIRO JU NAGAYOSHI AND AN OTAFUKU MOKKOGATA LATER KINAI IRON TSUBA FORMED AS A DRAGON, SIGNED ECHIZEN JU KINAI SAKU
8.4CM., 18.2CM., 7CM. AND 7CM. (4)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Lot Essay
FOR THE ARTIST OF THE THIRD TSUBA SEE ROBERT E. HAYNES, THE INDEX OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS AND ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, (ELLWANGEN, 2001), 3 VOLUMES, P.1303, NO.06554