Japanese & Korean Works of Art - 20th May 2025
Lot 269
THREE JAPANESE TSUBA
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £378
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Description
THREE JAPANESE TSUBA
EDO/MEIJI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
One signed Tsuneshige, 7.8cm max. (6)
WITHOUT RESERVE
Two in brass, the Tsuneshige tsuba with a hunting scene depicting an archer riding towards a goose he just struck with an arrow, the reverse with a pine tree by a stream, with details rendered in gold inlays; the other brass tsuba with two horses galloping underneath flowering branches of prunus, with details in copper, shakudo and gold, the reverse with a stream; the third tsuba in copper, decorated with a horse rider by the shore, a flowering tree above, the reverse with further branches by the water; each boxed.