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Lot 725 Dα

Three large iron tsuba. Edo period

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 500 € - 700 €
Result: 562 € (incl. premium)

Three large iron tsuba. Edo period

All carved and decorated with details in gold, a) of rounded square shape, partly pierced with an old blossoming plum tree, b) of mokkô shape, with a seated Tekkai Sennin and Tenbô type stamped hishi pattern, and c) of mokkô shape, with fishing nets by a shore and birds in flight (3)
Height a) 8.5 cm; b) 10.1 cm; c) 8.4 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, b) and c) acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, b) 31.5./1.6.1988, lot 1034 and c) 9/10.6.2006, lot 771, and thence by descent