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Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A beautiful Tsuba signed Toto ju Tomonobu, Edo Period (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 700 - 1.200

Sold

€ 875

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

dimensions 6.8 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm
Made of tate-maru-gata iron, niko-bori in gold, copper and silver, maru-mimi. Decorated with a landscape in Chinese style, depicting an area of rice paddies with islands in the distance, an old pine tree on the right side, a village with farmers working to harvest rice, much of it already cut and gathered into sheaves. Sekigane. The Bushu school was founded by a student of Umetada from Musashi province (Bushu in Chinese reading) who then moved to Edo and specialised in small-scale engravings and decorations. Very simple motifs are always treated in contrast to the large Nara or Hamano schools. Late Edo period, third quarter of the 19th century.