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956
A SAOTOME TSUBA
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th
century
The circular iron tsuba in chrysanthemum
form, the petals pierce-carved in negative
silhouette sukashibori, the lobed rim showing
tekkotsu
With a wood tomobako storage box
4 7/8in (12.2cm) diameter

$2,000 - 3,000
957
A KOKINKO TSUBA
956 957 Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
The oval shakudo plate tsuba carved on the
surface with crashing waves, the dots of
foam inlaid in gold
With a wood tomobako storage box
3 3/8in (8.5cm) high

$800 - 1,200
958
TWO KO KINKO TSUBA
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
The first, a shakudo oval plate tsuba carved
on the surface with crashing waves and
decorated with open and closed fans in
takabori with gold hirazogan highlights; the
second, a circular yamagane sukashi tsuba
pierce carved with an auspicious character
Each with a wood tombako storage box
The first with Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting
Worthy of Preservation) certificate no.
4010723, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token
Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of
the Japanese Art Sword), dated November
958 8, 2016
3 1/4in (8.3cm) diameter, the largest

$2,000 - 3,000

959
SADATOMO (ACTIVE CRCA 1850-1875)
A shakudo daisho pair of tsuba
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/ late 19th century
The circular plate tsuba each decorated with
seashells and seaweed on the ocean floor in
iro-e takazogan, takabori, and kebori, signed
Sadatomo and with a kao
With a wood tomobako storage box
The first with Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting
Worthy of Preservation) certificate no.
4001409, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token
Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of
the Japanese Art Sword), dated November
6, 2012
3 3/16in (8cm) diameter, the largest
959 $5,000 - 7,000

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