Beschreibung:

EIGHTEEN IRON TSUBA AND TWO SHAKUDO TSUBA edo period (17th--19th century) An oval Choshu tsuba , carved and pierced with kiku , signed Choshuju Tomohisa , 3.1/8in. (8cm.); an oval shakudo tsuba in takabori with Fudo Myo-o, details in iro-e zogan , signed Sawa Tomonao and with kao , 2.5/8in. (6.7cm.); an oval tsuba , with a mountainous landscape, 2in (7cm.); an oval Akita Shoami sukashi tsuba of bamboo, 2.7/8in. (7.3cm.); a circular mokume tsuba , with a pierced sickle, 3.1/8in. (7.9cm.); a rounded-square Mino-style tsuba , carved in relief with phoenix and flowers, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); an oval tanto tsuba inlaid with a shibuichi snail, 2.3/8in. (6.1cm.); an oval shakudo tsuba inlaid in soft-metal with sparrows, inscribed Someya Kazunobu , 3in. (7.7cm.); an oval tsuba , in gold nunome zogan , with a pine grove and a bridge, 3in. (7.6cm.); a circular Kinai tsuba , pierced with hollyhock leaves, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku , 3in. (7.6cm.); a rounded-square iron Kaneie-style tsuba , with inlaid figures, inscribed ..koku Fushimi Kaneie , 3in. (8.3cm.); an oval Sendai-style tsuba , with pattern of pine trees in gold nunome zogan , 2in.(7cm.); a circular tsuba pierced with crayfish, 3in. (8.3cm.); a Bizen Shoami sukashi tsuba , with a butterfly, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular Shoami, large fan-shaped ryo-hitsu tsuba , 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a mokko Edo Higo-style tsuba , 3.5/8in. (9.3cm.); a rounded-square tsuba , a dragon among clouds, 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular Soten-style tsuba , with a sennin , inscribed Soten , 2in. (7cm.); a circular Yoshioka-style tsuba , pierced with Genji- mon , 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.); a circular iron tsuba pierced with crossed leaves within namako (sea cucumber) sukashi , 3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) (20)