Ko-Katchushi Dragonfly in Rain

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This tsuba is either Ko-Katchushi or Ko-Tosho from the late Muromachi/early Momoyama period.

 

It is very thin (tapering from the centre) and has a sukashi of a dragonfly (tombo) and rain (shigure) yasuri. The quality of the sukashi work is excellent and the shigure yasuri are very well done.  The sukashi work may be a later addition to an older plate.

 

The tsuba has fine quality iron with great colour and texture.

 

It has some very slight patina war on the lower section of the dragonfly sukashi.

 

76 x 75 x 1mm at the rim and 2.5mm thickness at seppa dai.

 

I've included a photo from Torigoye's "Tsuba Kanshoki" to show a tsuba that has very similar shigure yasuri to this one.

 

$375 including worldwide shipping.

 

This tsuba was originally from Marius's collection so credit to Marius for the photos 

 

 

 

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Price drop to $325.

 

Tsuba on hold 

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Now SOLD