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A TANAKA TSUBA
By Tanaka Toshikage, Edo period
(1615-1868), dated 1860
The tsuba of mokko form with slightly raised
rim, inlaid with sails and pine branches by
the shore of a lake in the foreground, birds
flying past the full moon above, the reflection
of Mount Fuji in the water of the lake, the
reverse with fishing nets drying beneath a pine
branch, details in gold, silver and shibuichi
takazogan and honzogan, signed Toshikage
with a kao, dated Manen kanoe-saru, chushu
(mid-autumn 1860); with a wood storage box.
8.6cm (3 3/8in). (2). 119

£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,300 - 3,900

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A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SWORD
FITTINGS AND OTHER METALWORK
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
Three tsuba, the first of iron, inlaid with
peonies and scrolls in brass, unsigned, 8.2cm
(3¼in); the second of brass, carved and
pierced with a Chinese sage on a verandah,
signed Nagahide, 7.3cm (2 7/8in); the third
of copper, unsigned, 5cm (2in); 13 kozuka,
comprising: shakudo with monkeys in gold
relief; shakudo with fan-shaped panels;
shakudo with shells in gold, copper and
silver relief; shakudo with an inro, kinchaku
(purse) and fan; shakudo with a heron on a
post above waves; shibuichi with an open
kakemono in coloured relief; shibuichi with a 120 (part lot)
mounted warrior, signed Kenyusai Naotoshi
with a kao; shibuichi with a thatched house
and nesting birds, signed Masayuki, gyonen
rokujuichi (Masayuki, aged 61); silver,
engraved with a man taking water from a
waterfall, signed Kikuchi Jokoku; silver, with
swimming fish in relief; silver engraved with
a tiger and bamboo, signed Omori Teruhide;
shibuichi, engraved and inlaid with figures
in a landscape, signed Hosono Sozaemon
Masamori with a kao; and another in similar
style; a miniature silver inro engraved with
mon; a shakudo menuki of a fisherman in an
open boat; and six late shakudo kagamibuta
plates with birds and flowers in gilt relief. (24).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$2,000 - 2,600

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE JAPANESE ART | 79