Lot 119
A Tanaka tsuba By Tanaka Toshikage, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1860
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,812.50 inc. premium
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By Tanaka Toshikage, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1860
The tsuba of mokko form with slightly raised rim, inlaid with sails and pine branches by the shore of a lake in the foreground, birds flying past the full moon above, the reflection of Mount Fuji in the water of the lake, the reverse with fishing nets drying beneath a pine branch, details in gold, silver and shibuichi takazogan and honzogan, signed Toshikage with a kao, dated Manen kanoe-saru, chushu (mid-autumn 1860); with a wood storage box. 8.6cm (3 3/8in). (2).
The tsuba of mokko form with slightly raised rim, inlaid with sails and pine branches by the shore of a lake in the foreground, birds flying past the full moon above, the reflection of Mount Fuji in the water of the lake, the reverse with fishing nets drying beneath a pine branch, details in gold, silver and shibuichi takazogan and honzogan, signed Toshikage with a kao, dated Manen kanoe-saru, chushu (mid-autumn 1860); with a wood storage box. 8.6cm (3 3/8in). (2).
