JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868) - Lot 365

JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868) Set of seven tsuba : - Small iron nagamaru gata inlaid in taka zogan with sentoku and shakudo of puppies playing at the foot of a mountain. Height: 6.1 cm - Small iron nagamaru gata inlaid with silver scrolls. Height: 5.1 cm - Otafuku gata in iron inlaid with taka zogan of sentoku, suaka and silver hats. Height: 7.1 cm - Iron nagamaru gata inlaid with suaka, sentoku and hard stones of foliage, berries and dragonflies. Height: 6.5 cm - mokko gata in iron inlaid with taka zogan of suaka and sentoku of a soybean shoot. Height: 7 cm - nagamaru gata in suaka inlaid with sentoku of a herdsman and peasants in a rice field. Signed Ichiryuken Masayoshi followed by kakihan. (Depatinated). Height: 6.8 cm Provenance: former Georges Couzon collection. - iron kaku maru gata inlaid with taka zogan de suaka of a tiger in bamboo. Height: 6.1 cm