Lot 295
MIXED-METAL INLAID IRON TSUBA
BY KANEKO YUKIHARU, EDO PERIOD
Auction: 13 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£1,000
Description
of circular shape, inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo with a continuous landscape featuring mountains, a willow tree and a boat among the reeds, signed on both sides 'Choshu Hagi no ju Kaneko Chubei Yukiharu saku'
Dimensions
8.2cm diam
Footnote
Note:
For a similar tsuba, also by Kaneko Yukihar, see the collection of Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 13.1815.