Description Six Cast Iron Tsuba
19TH CENTURY
comprising five of sukashi type, the first depicting samurai figures underneath prunus branches, with gold inlays and a brass rim, the second showing ginko leaves with gold inlays, the third and fourth decorated openworked branches, the fifth decorated with a circle of radiating leaves; the sixth in the form of a bag of Hotei; all unsigned.
Largest 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm.
Property from the Collection of Kevin Evensen, Chicago, Illinois
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