A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE FUCHI-KASHIRA AND OTHER SWORD FURNITURE

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE FUCHI-KASHIRA AND OTHER SWORD FURNITURE
EDO/MEIJI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Including: eight sets of fuchi-kashira, four single fuchi, three single kashira, and a single kojiri, all variously decorated with dragons, animals, mon, flowers and other designs, the embellishments rendered in copper, iron, shakudo and other metals, one gold-plated fuchi decorated with a dragon writhing amongst clouds; together with three variously-shaped menuki, a metal bead with filigree decoration, and a kagamibuta netsuke with a wooden bowl, the metal disc decorated with a chicken; together with a miniature model of a katana, all unsigned. (31)

Provenance: the Tomkinson Family Collection.