A RARE LACQUERED WOOD TSUBA

Lot 153
20.09.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 813502
Lot 153 | A RARE LACQUERED WOOD TSUBA
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
A RARE LACQUERED WOOD TSUBA

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)

The saddle shape lacquered wood tsuba simulating an old iron tsuba, decorated in dark brown lacquer takamaki-e with a bird perched on willow tree by stream, set against tetsusabi-nuri (imitation of iron rust) ground

2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) tall

With a stand





Provenance

Edward Wrangham Collection

Bonhams London, 10 May 2011, lot 359
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