A SHOAMI SCHOOL IRON SUKASHI TSUBA WITH TIGERS AND BAMBOO
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
A SHOAMI SCHOOL IRON SUKASHI TSUBA WITH TIGERS AND BAMBOO Unsigned Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of kawarigata form, with one kozuka and kogai hitsu ana, carved in marubori (round carving) to depict two tigers crouching within a bamboo framed mimi, the segments of the bamboo detailed with scrolling vines and the tigers with stripes and eyes highlighted in gold nunomezogan.
Museum comparison: Compare a related earlier Shoami school iron tsuba with tigers and bamboo, dated 18th century, 7.8 cm tall, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 13.2593.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- IRON
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 7.1 cm, LENGTH 6.7 cm, 2.8 cm (the nakago), THICKNESS 0.6 cm (the mimi), 0.6 cm (the seppa-dai) WEIGHT 128 g
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 205635601
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.