Japanese & Korean Works of Art - 20th May 2025
Lot 273
THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £756
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Description
THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA
PROBABLY MUROMACHI (1333-1573)
8.3cm max. (3)
WITHOUT RESERVE
Two with prunus flowers rendered in openwork, the third with a dense copper-inlaid decoration of the stylised seaweed mogusa (Artemisia moxa).
Illustrated: the tsuba with mogusa illustrated and discussed in G D Murtha, Japanese Sword Guards, Art of War, p.99.