Lot 39
A copper tsuba Attributed to Haruaki (Shummei), dated 1829
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11 November 2010, 14:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Attributed to Haruaki (Shummei), dated 1829
Of circular form, carved in shishiaibori with Daruma meditating while three rats inlaid in shakudo honzogan scamper below, his hossu carved on the reverse, signed Haruaki Hogen with kao, dated Bunsei tsuchinoto ushi rikka (Summer in the year of cow of Bunsei era); with wood storage box. 7.3cm (2 7/8in). (2).
Of circular form, carved in shishiaibori with Daruma meditating while three rats inlaid in shakudo honzogan scamper below, his hossu carved on the reverse, signed Haruaki Hogen with kao, dated Bunsei tsuchinoto ushi rikka (Summer in the year of cow of Bunsei era); with wood storage box. 7.3cm (2 7/8in). (2).
Footnotes
鐔 達磨 銘「春明法眼（花押）」 文政12年（1829年）
Provenance: Major E.F.Calthrop collection.
Lt.Col. H.A.Backhoff collection.
Exhibited: The Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1915, no.820, illustrated in the Catalogue, illus. pl.820.
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