ID 403006
Lot 66 | A GROUP OF FIVE IRON TSUBA
Estimate value
$ 700 – 900
- The second negatively pierced with a sail beside clouds and pine trees
- The third an oval iron tsuba with a bird in a gnarled plum brunch against incised radiating lines of amida yasuri, the reverse with a plum blossom and rockwork, raised rim
- The fourth a Yoshiro style round iron tsuba with a chiselled and gilt-inlaid design of scrolling karakusa and a pierced crest of a cross (juji mon)
- The fifth a round iron tsuba pierced and incised with distant sails amidst rocky shores and waves, the reverse with two further sails with crashing waves, details in gilt, signed Yamashiro kuni ju Umetada Shigeyoshi
8 cm. (31/8 in.) high (the first)
7.2 cm. (23/4 in.) high (the second)
7.7 cm. (3 in.) high (the third)
8.2 cm. (31/4 in.) high (the fourth)
7.6 cm. (3 in.) (the fifth)
| Medium: | Iron |
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| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Medium: | Iron |
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| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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