Arts of the samurai
PAIR OF SUKASHI TSUBA
PAIR OF SUKASHI TSUBA
Japan, mid-Edo period, 18th/19th century
Unsigned
A pair of or daishō (meaning long and short (sword)) tsuba, constructed of a well forged iron in oval shape (nademaru-gata) and decorated with three round fans with long handles (a type of fan called uchiwa in Japan) in sukashi-bori.
Sekigane to the lower part of the seppadai. In its stylisation and clear composition, the motif is reminiscent of coats of arms (mon).
Height: 7; Width: 6,8 cm
Provenance:
Delen Family Collection, Lisse
Aalderink Oriental Art and Ethnografica, Amsterdam
Price: € 1.750,-
Objectnumber: 104
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