Arms & Armour
Catalog Information: 413 lots | 149 with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Bonhams
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: Ten Iron TsubaUnsigned, Edo Period
Comprising a rounded square Tembo tsuba; a circular tsuba decorated with soft-metal heron by a stream; a mokko-shaped tsuba chiselled with a tiger beneath bamboo; a circular tsuba decorated with figures in a landscape; and six others (10) 6.4 cm. to [...more]
Lot 2: Three TsubaThe First Signed In Soshu, Edo Period
Comprising a circular iron ito-sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with geese by a river with soft-metal details; a circular iron sukashi tsuba pierced with mon; and a circular iron tsuba engraved with foliage and waves and inlaid in brass with a har [...more]
Lot 3: Three TsubaThe First Signed Nagayoshi With Kakihan, The Second Signed Goto Mitsusada With Kakihan, Edo Period
Comprising a circular iron tsuba chiselled with two horses gambolling in a landscape, and with soft-metal details; a mokko-shaped yamagane tsuba decorated in shakudo with two bulls by a tree; and a mokko-shaped shakudo tsuba decorated in soft-metals [...more]
Lot 4: Two TsubaUnsigned, Edo Period
The first a mokko-shaped iron tsuba chiselled and pierced with cherry blossom, and with gold details; the second a rounded square tsuba chiselled and decorated in soft-metals with an iris by a stream (2) 8.5 cm. and 7.7 cm.
Lot 5: Two TsubaThe First Signed Soheishi nyudo Soten Sei, The Second Signed Masatsugu With Kakihan, Edo Period
The first an oval shakudo nanako tsuba decorated in soft-metals with samurai by a river; the second a rounded square yamagane tsuba decorated in soft-metals with a bird flying over a stream beneath the moon and clouds (2) 6.8 cm. and 5.6 cm.
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