Details
- The first an oval iron tsuba, pierced, chiselled and engraved with warriors beside pine and bamboo, inlaid silver, copper and gilt details, hitsuana plugged with shakudo, signed Mogarashi Soten sei
- The second a circular iron tsuba with a peony branch in high relief against a nanako ground, gilt details and rim
- The third a circular iron tsuba pierced and engraved with Shoki and an oni within the rim
- The fourth a rounded-octagonal iron namban tsuba engraved with scrolling leaves and vines, details in silver and gilt
- The fifth an iron mokko-gata tsuba engraved with a skull and bones, the reverse with windswept grasses, details in silver and gilt, slightly raised rim
- The sixth a brass mokko-gata tsuba chiselled and engraved with waves
7.9 cm. (318 in.) high (the first)
8 cm. (318 in.) high (the second)
8.2 cm. (314 in.) high (the third)
6.5 cm. (212 in.) high (the fourth)
8.7 cm. (312 in.) high (the fifth)
6.6 cm. (258 in.) high (the sixth)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, Japanese Works of Art, 21st June 1988, Lot 1014/5 (the fifth)
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