Jump to content

For Sale : Two quality kinko tsuba


flo06

Recommended Posts

Dear members,

 

 

1) Sentoku Tsuba signed Toshinaga Saku – 利長作

High quality work depicting copper birds with some small gold inlays (eyes) flying over a raging sea.

Musashi province – Mid Edo  ~ 1760
Nara school.
Toshinaga was a student of renowned craftsmen as Nara Masanaga, Yoshishige…

Kinko Meikan rank = Ryoko

Dimensions = 7,4 x 7 cm

 

980 €

 

20041407245720119116744115.jpg

20041407250220119116744116.jpg

20041407250720119116744117.jpg

 

 

2) Very rare Tsuba signed Senoo Saku

 

Beautiful representation of Daruma wrapped in his robes decorated with floral motifs in Ke-bori . The ring to his ear is in silver and the pupil of his eye in Shakudo.
The alloy of this Tsuba seems to be predominantly made of copper and silver.

 

Senoo school, late Edo.

 

Dimensions : 7,1 x 6,4 cm

 

1700 €

 

20041407302220119116744129.jpg

20041407302120119116744128.jpg

20041407301520119116744125.jpg

20041407301520119116744126.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thanks Ken and Greg for your replies.

 

Yes, two very interesting tsuba here. My pictures don't do them justice, much better in hands.

The metal alloy of the second one is fantastic. The silver reflections are much more visible in real life, I've never seen that on another tsuba before.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...