Live Auction 7316The Japanese Aesthetic
A Mokkogata Iron Tsuba
Lot 189

A Mokkogata Iron Tsuba

SIGNED MITSU NOBUIE, MOMOYAMA-EDO PERIOD (16TH-17TH CENTURY)

Closed7 November 2012

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GBP 1,062

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A Mokkogata Iron Tsuba
Signed Mitsu Nobuie, Momoyama-Edo Period (16th-17th century)
Lightly incised with a kiko pattern and pierced with a waterwheel, the rim slightly raised, fitted wood box with dedication "iron mokko tsuba, waterwheel motif abounding in character beloved of Soshin Sensei"
7.1cm. high

Specialist note

This is a very rare artist with only one or two examples known, little is known about him but Haynes states that there is an affinity in style and metal to the 1st (Kiyosu) Nobuie.