A Yokoya School Tsuba, Two Kinko (Mixed-Metal) Tsuba, a Copper Tsuba and an Iron Tsuba
Edo period (18th century), the first inscribed Soyo and with kao, the fourth inscribed Aritsune and kao
Comprising an oval shibuichi migaki-ji plate carved with Rosei reclining beneath a tree, the reverse with images from his dream, all rendered in katakiri-bori with shakudo and gold hira-zogan highlights; an oval iron ishime-ji plate carved with a blossoming cherry tree in taka-bori, details in shakudo and gold taka-zogan; an oval shakudo ishime-ji plate with gourds and flowering vines in gold, copper and shibuichi taka-zogan, the reverse carved in sunken relief with a river and rocks; an oval copper plate finished in ishime and carved with a pine tree in katakiri-bori and inlaid with a silver moon in hira-zogan, pine cones rendered in gold; an oval iron tsuchime-ji plate carved with a pine tree by a stream in shishiai-bori, the full moon rendered in gold numome
3½in (9cm.) long (largest) (5)
A Yokoya School Tsuba, Two Kinko (Mixed-Metal) Tsuba, a Copper Tsuba and an Iron Tsuba
Edo period (18th century), the first inscribed Soyo and with kao, the fourth inscribed Aritsune and kao
Comprising an oval shibuichi migaki-ji plate carved with Rosei reclining beneath a tree, the reverse with images from his dream, all rendered in katakiri-bori with shakudo and gold hira-zogan highlights; an oval iron ishime-ji plate carved with a blossoming cherry tree in taka-bori, details in shakudo and gold taka-zogan; an oval shakudo ishime-ji plate with gourds and flowering vines in gold, copper and shibuichi taka-zogan, the reverse carved in sunken relief with a river and rocks; an oval copper plate finished in ishime and carved with a pine tree in katakiri-bori and inlaid with a silver moon in hira-zogan, pine cones rendered in gold; an oval iron tsuchime-ji plate carved with a pine tree by a stream in shishiai-bori, the full moon rendered in gold numome
3½in (9cm.) long (largest) (5)
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