ID 726962
Lot 84 | A PAIR OF SHIBUICHI TSUBA
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 4 000
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SEISHINKEN FUJIWARA MOTOTOMO (SAITO MOTOTOMO; ACT. LATE 19TH CENTURY) AND INLAID SEAL TOI
The pair of oval shibuichi tsuba finely carved and chiselled, decorated with takabori and iroe takazogan the Eight Immortals in gold, copper, shibuichi, shakudo and silver; each signed and sealed
3 1⁄8 in. (7.9 cm.) and 3 3⁄8 in. (8.6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Shimazu Family by repute
| Historical era: | Edo period |
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| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | Sword fitting |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Historical era: | Edo period |
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| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | Sword fitting |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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