Details
- The first an oval iron tsuba with incised vertical lines
- The second an oval iron tsuba with a thatched pavillion in a rural landscape, a leafless tree over hanging, details inlaid in gilt, uneven rim, signed Bushu ju Masakata
- The third a round copper tsuba incised with a radiating rope pattern
- The fourth a round iron gomoku zogan (brass inlay) tsuba with pine needles in water
7.5 cm. (278 in.) high (the first)
7 cm. (234 in.) high (the second)
7 cm. (234 in.) high (the third)
7 cm. (234 in.) high (the fourth)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, Japanese Works of Art, 21st June 1988, Lot 1009/2 (part lot), Lot 1014/5 (part lot), and Lot 1009/2 (part lot) (the second, third and fourth)
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