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AN IRON SUKASHI TSUBA AND A
SOTEN-SCHOOL TSUBA
The second by the Soten workshop, Edo
period (19th century)
The first an oval tsuba pierced with bamboo
blinds and ivy, highlighted with gold inlays; the
second shakudo and pierced with scholars
in a bamboo grove with gold and copper
highlights, signed Soheishi nyudo Soten sei
3in (7.6cm) high (the largest)
$1,200 - 1,800

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A GROUP OF FOUR IRON AND MIXED-
METAL TSUBA
The first by Seiraku, the second by
Yasutsugu, Edo period (19th century)
The first an oval iron plate decorated with
courtiers in an interior and on the reverse a
mounted samurai in a cedar forest in iro-e
takazogan and takabori, illegible signature []
[][]Seiraku; the second a mokko plate well
hammered on the surface and carved with
swirling clouds and lightning bolts, with gold
overlays, signed Hitokichi Myochin Yasutsugu;
the third a Choshu mokko plate carved on the
surface with a profusion of flowers, the details
highlighted in gold overlays; the fourth an
oval plate tsuba decorated with mitsu-tomo-e
(commas) in takabori
3 1/4in (8.3cm) high (the largest)
$1,500 - 2,500

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A HAMANO-SCHOOL TSUBA
After Hamano Shozui, Edo period
(19th century)
The iron mokko plate finished in a tsuchime
texture and decorated with deer beneath a
torii (Shinto shrine gate) and pine trees by
a stream in iro-e takazogan and takabori,
sealed Shozui
3 3/8in (8.6cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

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