Tsuba gardener Posted May 28 Report Posted May 28 This may be of interest to Spartan Quest as during my research l found this tsuba in his recent book, Additional Early Articles for Tsuba Study 2. This tsuba was published in the Marquis de Tressan's 1911 Bulletin of the Society Franco Japonaise, the Evolution of the Japanese sword hilt from the beginning if the 17th century to the present day. I purchased this at Bonham's Samurai Snow auction but at the time the auction house did not have details of provedance. It was only after researching an auction tag on another tsuba that led me to a site citing this tsuba came from Tressan's collection. The Marquis was killed during the First World War in 1914 but the tsuba was not auctioned until 1933. lt would be interesting to know who owned this tsuba from 1933 to 2024. There is a vary similar tsuba (number 218) in The Hartman Collection of Japanese Metalwork (1976), but this is described as a daisho set and the seppadai appears different. Neil B. 5 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted May 29 Report Posted May 29 Fantastic find Neil! I have recently tracked down some other tsuba from the Poncetton collection - it just goes to show our collections will outlive us all ! PS. Can I steal your images? [Nice to see my book has been of some use] 4 Quote
Tsuba gardener Posted May 29 Author Report Posted May 29 8 hours ago, Spartancrest said: Fantastic find Neil! I have recently tracked down some other tsuba from the Poncetton collection - it just goes to show our collections will outlive us all ! PS. Can I steal your images? [Nice to see my book has been of some use] Hi Spartan, yes you can, but may l ask you credit where relevant please. Btw l have 2 other tsuba from the same auction that were also from the Poncetton collection. 1 was in the group of 5 sukashi as the de Tressan. When l have time l will post. 2 Quote
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