THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA

THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA
EDO AND LATER, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

One a parcel-gilt nanban tsuba of mokkō-gata shape with reticulated decoration of a dragon writhing amongst clouds, chasing a sacred pearl of wisdom above a pavilion; another inlaid in gold and shakudō, depicting a duck on a pond and lotus, signed Kafudo Mitsuaki with kao; the third with openwork decoration featuring a shishi, the lion dog prancing over a peony bloom, with a paper collection label reading 'Tomkinson Collection' and possibly 'I 500 / 108', 8.4cm max. (3)

Provenance: the Tomkinson Family Collection. By repute, the tsuba with Tomkinson label originally collected by Michael Tomkinson.