Page 22 - Bonhams November 4 2021 Japanese art London

23 (part lot)
A PRIVATE COLLECTION
OF TOSOGU (SWORD FITTINGS)
(Lots 23-48)
23* 24* 25*
NINE TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) SIX ECHIZEN TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) SIX TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)
Edo period (1615-1868), Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century
18th to 19th century All of iron, circular or roughly circular, and All of iron, the first circular, pierced and
The first of shakudo, lobed mokkogata made in Echizen Province, the first pierced chiselled with a paulownia crest, signed
outline, chiselled with chrysanthemums and chiselled with vine leaves and tendrils, Esshu no ju Akao Jinzemon no jo; the second
embellished with gold; the second of iron, signed Esshu no ju Myochin Yoshihisa saku rounded rectangular, pierced perhaps with a
circular, pierced and chiselled with a horse (Made by Myochin Yoshihisa of Echizen tsurigane (Buddhist hanging bell), with two
and bamboo, signed Esshu no ju Myochin Province); the second pierced and chiselled udenukiana openings, signed Esshu no ju
Yoshihisa (Myochin Yoshihisa of Echizen with peony blossoms and leaves, signed Akao; the third irregular rounded rectangular,
Province); the third of iron, circular, chiselled Echizen no ju Kinai saku (Made by Kinai of with an applied shakudo rim, chiselled with
and inlaid in gold, silver, and other metals with Echizen [Province]); the third pierced and 48 radial ridges and with leaf motifs, with
Shoshi riding a dragon and carrying a qin or chiselled in the round with a flowering prunus two udenuki-ana openings, signed Saotome
koto, the reverse with birds and waves; the tree, the blossoms gilded, signed as the [...]; the fourth nearly circular, pierced and
fourth of iron, circular, pierced and chiselled second; the fourth modelled as an aoi-mon chiselled with an abalone shell, signed Echizen
with flowering chrysanthemums embellished (hollyhock crest) and stylised bird, signed as no ju Kinai saku (Made by Kinai of Echizen
with gilding, signed Echizen no ju Shoami the second; the fifth and last similar to the [Province]); the fifth elongated mokko outline,
saku (Made by Shoami of Echizen [Province]), second. The smallest: 7cm (2¾in); roughly hammered and stamped with Chinese
the fifth of iron, pierced, chiselled, and inlaid the largest: 8cm (3 1/8in). (6). characters, the kogai-ana with a patterned
with sennin in and under a pine tree, signed gilt plug; the last almost circular, pierced and
Soheishi Nyudo Soten sei; the sixth of iron, £800 - 1,000 chiselled with a sake kettle.
formed as dragons surrounding the seppa- JPY120,000 - 150,000 The smallest: 7.1cm (2 13/16in);
dai, indistinctly signed; the seventh of iron, US$1,100 - 1,400 the largest: 8cm (3 1/8in). (6).
lobed mokkogata outline, chiselled and
inlaid as a piece of rotten wood reinforced £800 - 1,000
with metal ties and infested with insects, JPY120,000 - 150,000
indistinctly signed Aizu [...] Shoami Ikko; the US$1,100 - 1,400
eighth of iron, aoigata outline, chiselled and
gilded with dragons and waves, signed Esshu
no ju Yoshihisa saku (Made by Yoshihisa
of Echizen Province); the last of iron, oval,
pierced and chiselled with hares leaping over
waves, embellished with silver dots of spray.
The smallest: 6.3cm (2½in);
the largest: 8.4cm (3 5/16in). (9).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,700
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
20 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.