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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 25, 2026 | Bonhams | New York | Fine Japanese & Korean Art | 1024 | $****** - ****** | Five mixed-metal tsuba (hand guards) |
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9.5 cm (3.75 in)
Mixed metals including shibuichi, copper, silver, gold, shakudō, iron
Signatures including Kanoe-saru toshi aki Natsuo, Kaei roku ushi (?) Shōunsai Shūmin, Shōzui, Tsuchiya Yasumasa with kaō
The first, Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, sold at Christie"s, New York, March 29, 2005, lot 161; and previously sold at Sotheby"s, London, December 13, 1972, lot 187
The third, Duncan Beresford Jones Collection, sold at Christie"s, London, June 7, 2000, lot 180 (part lot)
FIVE MIXED-METAL TSUBA (HAND GUARDS)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century (5)
Comprising an oval shibuichi migakiji tsuba chiseled in katagiribori and with details in silver, gold, and shakudō depicting Mount Fuji, sailboats, cranes and pines, with signature Kanoe-saru toshi aki Natsuo ;
a rounded-rectangular copper ishimeji tsuba inlaid in relief of copper, silver, gold, and shakudō with a frustrated rat catcher haunted by a rat deity, signed Kaei roku ushi (?) Shōunsai Shūmin and with a kaō ;
an iron mokkō tsuba with a hammered-up rim decorated with karakusa in gold nunome-zōgan ;
a rounded-rectangular copper tsuba with a hammered-up rim, chiseled in high relief and with details in silver, gold, and shakudō depicting Yoshitsune studying a military scroll under the watchful eye of Sōjōbō, the king of the tengu , with signature Shōzui ;
and a rounded-rectangular copper migakiji tsuba chiseled in relief and katagiribori and with details in gilding depicting Shōki trapping an oni under his hat, signed Tsuchiya Yasumasa with a kaō
3 3/4in (9.5cm) high, the largest (5).
