JAPAN - Middle Edo period (1603-1868) - Lot 331

JAPAN - Middle Edo period (1603-1868) Set of six iron tsuba: - otafuku gata with hira zogan copper and shibuichi decoration of butterfly and moon on susuki. (Depatinated). Height: 8.1 cm - Two nagamaru gata decorated in maru bori and gilded copper inlays with Kan'u (Guanyu), Gentoku (Chang Fei) and Chohi (Liu Bei) arriving at the entrance to Zhuge Liang's residence. One signed Soheishi Nyudo Soten (Wear). Height: 7.6 and 7.7 cm Provenance: former André Barrier collection for one. - mokko gata with gilt copper and shibuichi hira zogan decoration of cranes in flight and plum blossom. Height: 7.2 cm - Small nagamaru gata with setting sun behind an old pine tree. Signed. Height: 5.8 cm - mokko gata decorated in gilded copper nunome zogan with grasshoppers in susuki. Height: 7.1 cm