Higo-san Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Dear all, I have a very beautiful early tosho tsuba for sale which came from the Eckhard Kremers collection. I bought this piece for study reasons and have very much enjoyed it's fantastic iron. The tsuchime is very rich and the deep black color absolutely stunning. The only design is a hanabishi mon done in ko sukashi. There is one hitsu ana which has been closed with (I believe) lead. Diamater is 8.2 cm x 8.2 cm an thickness is 0.27 cm. This tsuba comes with a dai inscribed by Eckhard as "Ko-tosho, hanabishi". Asking price is a modest USD 990.00 (including PayPal) plus shipping! Shipping is: Germany USD 5.00 Europe USD 10.00 Worldwide USD 15.00 Quote
Leporello Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Hello Chris, seems to have joined this forum just at the right time to see such a fantastic piece of work! I like it very much, but my budget doesn´t allow any purchase at the moment ( What´s the age of the tsuba? 15th century? Greetings, Tom Quote
Higo-san Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 Tom, thank you for the kind words and a warm welcome. It is very difficult to determine the exact age of tosho tsuba - I think 15th century is a good guess; however 16th century is also possible. Best, Chris Quote
kissakai Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Hi Chris I'd like to buy your tsuba Grev UK Quote
Higo-san Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 SOLD - thank you very much! Quote
Higo-san Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 I have another tosho tsuba from the Eckhard Kremers collection which comes with NBTHK Hozon papers; it is much more expensive however (USD 2,500.00) - I can send pictures if someone is interested. I do not want to post pictures on the internet however because this tsuba may go to Bonhams soon... Best, Chris 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Chris,the HITSU-ANA is probably closed with lacquer. That is a traditional way to do. ......There is one hitsu ana which has been closed with (I believe) lead...... Quote
kissakai Posted February 25, 2016 Report Posted February 25, 2016 Tsuba arrived today So much better in hand and a great addition to my collection Grev UK 2 Quote
kissakai Posted February 25, 2016 Report Posted February 25, 2016 Thanks Marius I struggled not buying your Katchushi Tsuba By Yamakichibei Grev UK Quote
Higo-san Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Posted February 25, 2016 Thank you both Grev and Mariusz! Quote
Brian Ayres Posted February 25, 2016 Report Posted February 25, 2016 Nice. Old iron is the best iron. ???? Quote
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