Two iron tsuba (sword guards), Japan, late Edo period, 19th - Lot 137

Lot n° 137
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Result : 768EUR
Two iron tsuba (sword guards), Japan, late Edo period, 19th - Lot 137
Two iron tsuba (sword guards), Japan, late Edo period, 19th century- One of marugata form in iron with gold nunomezogan inlaid decoration of suzumushi (Japanese crickets) in susuki (eulalies or Chinese reeds). Kogai hitsu ana and kozuka hitsu ana around the seppadai. Signed with a mark in the style of a kakihan inlaid with gold thread on the seppadai. Mark unknown. 7.5 x 7.1 cm; - the other of nadekakugata form in iron with takazogan silver decoration on one side of Fukurokuju, one of the seven gods of happiness, unfurling a kakemono, with two takazogan inlaid chrysanthemums above his head, one in shakudo and the other in gilt copper. The reverse side is decorated with his cane carved from a gnarled root and a cord inlaid in high relief. 8.3 x 7.7 cm .
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