Page 166 - Bonhams Chinese & Asian Works of Art Los Angelis December 14 2020
P. 166

357                                               358





           357                                               358
           SUISHINSHI SADAHIDE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1800-1830)      KOYAMA SOBEI MUNETSUGU (1802-1872)
           A Musashi tanto                                   A broad ko-wakizashi in ebi goshira-e mounts
           Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1803                Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1837
           Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in tight ko-itame hada with a suguha   Hirazukuri, iorimune with a thick kasane forged in ko-itame hada in jinie
           tempered edge in nie, carved on the omote side boldly carved with   with a gunome midare tempered edge with nie, sunagashi, utsuri and
           Fudo Myo-o seated on a rock before flames, the ura side carved with   one spot of tobiyaki, the ko-maru boshi with a long return, the ubu
           a Buddhist ken, the ubu tang with kesho file marks, two holes, signed   tang with kesho file marks, one hole, signed Koyama Sobei Munetsugu
           Suishin Sadahide tsukuru and dated Kyowa sannen nigatsu no hi (A   saku and dated Tenpo shichinen, hinoe saru, nigatsu no hi (A day in
           day in the second month of 1803), with a two-piece silver habaki, 9   the seventh month of 1837), with a one-piece silvered copper habaki,
           3/4in (24.7cm) long, in a wood shirasaya storage scabbard   11 1/2in (29.2cm) long, 3/8in (.95cm) thick at the munemachi
           With certificate no. 1609040 issued by the Kurashiki Token Bijutsukan   The Ebi goshira-e comprising a red-lacquer saya modeled to resemble
           (Sword Museum of Kurashiki, Okayama), dated September 30, 2016  the curled tail of a shrimp, the tip pierced to receive a decorative
                                                             cord, the upper section wrapped with a shakudo band supporting the
           $3,500 - 4,500                                    kurikata, the area below the shakudo koiguchi wrapped with fine cord
                                                             lacquered black and polished smooth, the tsuka wrapped in lacquered
                                                             leather and fitted with an iron fuchigashira decorated with a skull and
                                                             bones among grasses decorated in gold and silver nunome-zogan,
                                                             signed Toshichika with the artist’s kao and dated Keio ninen tora
                                                             chushu (Mid-winter 1866), the rounded-square iron tsuchimeji tsuba
                                                             decorated with chrysanthemum petals
                                                             $3,000 - 4,000




           164  |  BONHAMS
   161   162   163   164   165   166   167   168   169   170   171