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661
A KYO-SHOAMI TSUBA
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The iron sukashi tsuba with a design of confronted
feathers within a rim of links
With a wood storage box
With Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu (Sword Fitting Especially
Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 205, issued by
the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the
Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword) dated March
6, 1974
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
$1,000 - 1,200

662
A HIGO NISHIGAKI SUKASHI TSUBA
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
The oval iron sukashi tsuba pierced with a spider on a
web and an insect-eaten leaf, signed Nishigaki Kanpei
saku
With a wood storage box
With Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of
Preservation) certificate no. 463552, issued by the
Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the
Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword) dated
November 2, 2011
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

663
A HIGO NISHIGAKI SUKASHI TSUBA
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The iron sukashi tsuba pierced with a classic Higo
design of a blossoming plum tree, the surface details
carved in kebori and the rim formed as a tree branch
With a wood storage box
With Tokubetsu Kicho Tosogu (Sword Fitting Especially
Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 165 issued by
the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the
Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated March
27, 1962
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high

$2,500 - 3,500

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