Live Auction 7316The Japanese Aesthetic
A Round Pale Sentoku Tsuba
Lot 187

A Round Pale Sentoku Tsuba

SIGNED HOSONO SOZAEMON (MASAMORI) HORU..., EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 875

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A Round Pale Sentoku Tsuba
Signed Hosono Sozaemon (Masamori) horu..., Edo Period (late 17th century)
Carved in katakiri with a rural landscape containing a castle, hut and boats, gilt details
8cm. high

Specialist note

Masamori's tsuba are relatively scarce, he usually made kozuka with his signature motif of minute figures chiseled in kebori (see lot 188).