Spartancrest Posted March 28 Author Report Posted March 28 Come on you know you need some "new" sizzle plates! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/287169240470 1 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted April 5 Report Posted April 5 Tsuba in tsuba. A friend tells me this was the first tsuba he ever bought as a Junior High student on a trip to Kobe about 40 years ago. He uses it as a (large) Netsuke. And 5 2 Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 8 Author Report Posted April 8 Either a giant has got a sukashi tsuba for sale or that tsuba came off a tiny sword! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/406839530729 3 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 9 Author Report Posted April 9 https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/Japan/en/special/order/confirm/https%3A%2F%2Fjp.mercari.com%2Fitem%2F2JP3ZzTjeBHaSvmGRQycNb/13_1/ 2 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted May 15 Author Report Posted May 15 (edited) https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/an-extraordinary-and-large-lacquer-'sword-fitting-203-c-d594166dbd Got a cool $10,000 to $20,000 USD to spare? Edited May 15 by Spartancrest 2 3 Quote
Spartancrest Posted May 15 Author Report Posted May 15 Please please Santa I would really like this for Christmas! https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/miyao-a-fine-parcel-gilt-bronze-okimono-of-a-tsub-12-c-9dfc5ad8c7 4 6 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 7 hours ago, Spartancrest said: Please please Santa I would really like this for Christmas! ..... And one for me please! 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted June 4 Author Report Posted June 4 (edited) One for the ladies - Obi. https://www.jauce.com/auction/e1217356383 an expensive but attractive Obi! Edited June 4 by Spartancrest typo 6 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted June 14 Author Report Posted June 14 (edited) Who has some spare cash? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/397817591639 Antique Tiffany Studios LCT Iridescent Blue 4" Tsuba Favrile Glass Tile OTHER EXAMPLES OF TSUBA TILES EXIST, IN VARIOUS COLOURS- JUST VERY HARD TO FIND AND EXPENSIVE! Edited June 14 by Spartancrest More images 3 1 1 1 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted June 15 Report Posted June 15 I was looking through an old Sotheby's New York catalogue of the sale of the late Charles A. Greenfield. The sale was on 25th March 1998. It comprised of 133 lots of exquisite inro. The final lot was a beautiful Inro by Shibata Zeshin 1807-1891. Unfortunately, the reverse is not shown, rather surprisingly as this was the star lot. However, it featured a kozuka and fuchi in shibuichi, which judging from the tsuba on the front, I would love to have seen. The front featured this yasuchika tsuba. The estimate was $40.000-$50.000 5 3 Quote
Steves87 Posted June 15 Report Posted June 15 4 hours ago, The Blacksmith said: I was looking through an old Sotheby's New York catalogue of the sale of the late Charles A. Greenfield. The sale was on 25th March 1998. It comprised of 133 lots of exquisite inro. The final lot was a beautiful Inro by Shibata Zeshin 1807-1891. Unfortunately, the reverse is not shown, rather surprisingly as this was the star lot. However, it featured a kozuka and fuchi in shibuichi, which judging from the tsuba on the front, I would love to have seen. The front featured this yasuchika tsuba. The estimate was $40.000-$50.000 I am really struggling with this item... I have so many questions about the finish of the Tsuba... I would call it hyper realistic (rust patches??) The surface finish is perfectly real, as is the colouring... but what is really throwing me, is the rust depictions... a state of mind, but I always think of edo tsuba as new (for that time at least... i.e. rust-less?), but for a quality Tsuba depiction to have rust purposefully depicted in a time when edo period tsuba were new?? Does my head in with the awesomeness.... 12 out of 10 for sure. 2 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted June 15 Report Posted June 15 @Steves87 Here is the whole entry for this lot. It is a stunning piece isn't it. @Brian, I am sorry for the size of these images. I do not have a scanner at present, and couldn't resize them, so this was the only I could do it. I can e mail them to you and you can resize them if you wish. sorry about that. 2 1 Quote
Brian Posted June 15 Report Posted June 15 If they are able to be posted, they are within the limits and fine with me :-) 2 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted July 23 Author Report Posted July 23 (edited) This is the first "extendable" tsuba trivet I have ever seen - certainly an odd use for an old tsuba! The "legs" also have spring catches to hold the legs at whatever size you choose. Edited July 23 by Spartancrest 2 1 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted July 23 Report Posted July 23 I have seen these elsewhere. They have propellers at the end of each leg so they can fly, and they can carry a camera or a small bomb. 7 Quote
Robert S Posted July 23 Report Posted July 23 1 hour ago, ROKUJURO said: I have seen these elsewhere. They have propellers at the end of each leg so they can fly, and they can carry a camera or a small bomb. Ah yes, evidence of the relatively secret Tokugawa drone program. Mostly believed to have been used to spy on daimyo while not in attendance in Edo. 1 5 Quote
Spartancrest Posted August 4 Author Report Posted August 4 A coral brooch or obidome - big asking price for such a small though elegant object. https://www.jauce.com/auction/n1238165796 50,000 yen 6cm long 5 Quote
Spartancrest Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 (edited) I could not help myself and found these two items up for auction - they are now mine, due to no one else putting in a counter bid! Total cost was 3172 yen - or about $20 USD. Not too expensive for a couple of nice silk "dressing gowns" [Summer anyway!] A couple of others still going! https://www.jauce.com/auction/u1238960477 https://cargain.sylluvea.sbs/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=171244 Edited August 23 by Spartancrest MORE LINKS 5 3 Quote
Spartancrest Posted September 2 Author Report Posted September 2 A 43 cm Imari, tsuba decorated plate - sold for 12,600 yen - Spot the ten tsuba! 4 3 1 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted September 2 Report Posted September 2 I've got nine, but not ten! very interesting plate, do you perhaps have any details about it please? Quote
Kurikata Posted September 2 Report Posted September 2 Dale has counted well --> 10 tsuba are partially or totally present on the plate 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted September 2 Author Report Posted September 2 8 hours ago, The Blacksmith said: details about it please? https://www.jauce.com/auction/m1242167215 There are indeed ten tsuba - some are partial and one tends to blend in with the background - puzzle plate or something to give the kids something to search? I gave it a run for the money but my auction limit was 12,100 ¥ - you need a limit or you go crazy! I also had reservations on how well it would survive the shipping to Australia. 1 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 yes, I have now found the tenth one! It is rather clever. Pity you couldn't acquire it Dale, but as you say, ones has to set a limit with auctions. A friend of mine has just paid $2400 US for a bayonet at auction, interesting and a little scarce, but certainly not rare. Usually they are £500-£600, and I know where there is a nice one at the moment for £400. Ridiculous! Certainly one has to set a limit and keep to it. 1 Quote
Matsunoki Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 17 hours ago, The Blacksmith said: do you perhaps have any details about it please? Hi Russ Working from just the images, this looks like a modern (fired in electric kiln) but very high quality piece of Kakiemon porcelain. Obviously not a traditional Kakiemon pattern but possibly a one-off commission for a tsuba enthusiast. I haven’t seen anything similar. The panels are Chinese inspired (not unusual in Japanese ceramics) but the rest is 100% Japanese….a strange combination perhaps? Stupidly cheap for the quality and talent involved but then Japanese “chargers” are simply out of fashion nowadays. Many days work and probably multiple firings. Who hangs plates on their walls anymore☹️? 3 Quote
Alex A Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 For those interested in tsuba in objects, just added a Tsuba "candle stick holder" in a thread marked Old Japanese metalware in the members area. Didn't want to end up with various threads talking about the same object, 1 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 32 minutes ago, Matsunoki said: Who hangs plates on their walls anymore☹️? Errrrrrrrrrr,me! 4 1 2 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 Or as the original photo above, you can put them on a stand. 5 Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted September 3 Report Posted September 3 Do I See Bizen Yaki and Edo Kiriko flanking? 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted Friday at 10:12 AM Report Posted Friday at 10:12 AM 21 hours ago, Baka Gaijin said: Do I See Bizen Yaki and Edo Kiriko flanking? Bizen Yaki yes, but the flask could be either Edo or Satsuma Kiriko. (?) It’s the wife’s, and she just plonked it there, and I never asked because she always says she doesn’t know. *Apologies for thread drift away from Tsuba themes! 1 Quote
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