Sword guard, iron sukashi tsuba with zodiac animals, Japan, 1392-1568
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1392 - 1568
Sukashi tsuba, iron. Japan, Muromachi (1392 - 1568). HEIGHT 7, 2 CM A very good workmanship, light oval shape with two hitsu. A funny ape seated on top winding his very long arm around the rim, boars lying below, amidst an ox, a dog and opposite a rooster and a horse, a very plastic depiction, the end of the period is considered to be in the year 1568 or 1573.
From the private collection of an collector for Japanese swords and sword fittings Sehr gute Arbeit in leicht ovalrunder Form mit zwei Hitsu. Witzig der Affe, der ganz oben sitzt und mit seinen überlangen Armen den gesamten Tsuba-Rand bildet, unten beim liegenden Eber treffen sie zusammen. Dazwischen sind abgebildet der Ochse, der Hund, sowie gegenüber Hahn und Pferd, insgesamt sechs Tiere aus dem Zwölfer-Tierkreis. Die Gestaltung ist fast plastisch. Anm.: Die Beginndaten der Muromachi-Zeit können beträchtlich abweichen, das Ende ist allgemein 1568 oder 1573 Aus der Sammlung eines Autors und Sammlers für japanische Schwerter und Schwertzierate in Polen
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- iron
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 2 CM
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-86697522
- Auction house
- Galerie Zacke
- Listing object ID
- 86697522
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