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Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A very fine tsuba with a field tent of the Shoami school, Edo Period (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 1.200 - 1.800

Sold

€ 2.375

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

dimensions 8.4 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm
Made of iron, maru-gata, yo-sukashi, with square mimi covered with a shakudo fukurin, ke bori, in-the-round engraving with gold, shakudo, silver and shibuichi hira zogan. The rope supporting the maku is made of silver and copper, shakudo mon. The hitsu-ana are closed with shakudo ategane. The scene depicts a military camp, the command tent is tied to the trunk of an old pine tree, which decorates the entire upper part, featuring a rope represented by the silver thread crossing the tsuba and reaching to the tent moved by the wind with the mon of the commander's clan at the center. In Kiri-box. The maku represents power and reminds of the Bakufu of Kamakura. The Shoami school is one of the oldest ones, in the 17th century became a branch of the Umetada school. The tsuba is definitely a gift: it is too delicate to be mounted, therefore it is not signed and can be dated late 18th century - early 19th century. The tsuba is illustrated in 'Tosogu - Treasure of the Samurai', page 20/21. Provenance: Einar Wickander Collection.