Beschreibung:

A FINE LARGE HIZEN TSUBA AND EIGHT OTHERS Muromachi/Edo period (15th/19th century) A fine, large Hizen sukashi tsuba , carved and pierced with a shippo -pattern, on which have alighted two butterflies, one finished in gold nunome-zogan and the other in silver, the rim part gilt, 8.8cm.; an elongated oval tsuba with a heavy iron plate, inlaid in copper, sentoku , silver and gold with Raiden and Futen amongst clouds, with signature Haruaki Hogen , with an inlaid gold kao , inscription refers to East, snake, cockerel and South, perhaps a cyclical dating, pitting on rim, 9cm.; a cup-shaped iron tsuba , carved with three nasubi [eggplants], signed Kofu no ju Tatsunao , 7.7cm.; an oval, iron sukashi tsuba carved and pierced with windswept irises, 7.8cm.; an iron tsuba carved in the plate and inlaid with Koan, bare-chested, riding on a minogame , with signature Issando Joi , with a gold inlaid kao , 7.7cm.; an iron tsuba carved and inlaid with a sarumawashi and his performing monkey being watched by a passing warrior, the reverse with pine saplings, with signature Heianjo Nagatsune , 7.2cm.; a Kyo-sukashi tsuba pierced with two wheels and a kiri-mon (this tsuba has been in a fire, and is covered with fire-scale), 8cm.; a very fine and rare Heianjo quatreform tsuba , carved in the plate and inlaid in brass and silver with four hares sporting over waves under the moon, in fine condition for its period, late Muromachi to Momoyama, 7.3cm.; and an interesting oval iron Nanban tsuba , formed from two plates, joined by the rim and the seppa-dai , with a space between them, one face decorated with a traditional pierced nanban karakusa pattern, edged with waves and the other with a loosely woven basket-weave design, 7.5cm. (9)