An iron tsuba. Dated 1776 - image-1

Lot 764 Dα

An iron tsuba. Dated 1776

Auction 1034 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 700 €
Result: 732 € (incl. premium)

An iron tsuba. Dated 1776

An oval-shaped iron tsuba with Hotei in a boat beneath a cherry tree in silver and shakudô on ishime-ji. The back with Jurôjin and crane in copper and silver. Details in nunome-zôgan in gold and silver, signed An'ei gonen (1776) kugatsu hi Tan'yûsai no zu Masamitsu saku.
Height 7.8 cm

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 17.06.1998, lot 836
Important private collection, Munich