Sword-guard, Shoami school, Japan, 18th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
A SHOAMI SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH WAVES AND A CRESCENT MOON, WITH NBTHK TOKUBETSU KICHO (ESPECIALLY PRECIOUS) CERTIFICATE Unsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of marugata form, with one kogai hitsu ana, carved in relief and worked in gold and silver takazogan, and gold nunomezogan, one side featuring a crescent silver moon emerging from crashing waves detailed with dew drops, the reverse depicting scrolling clouds.
HEIGHT 8.6 cm, LENGTH 8.4 cm WEIGHT 260.4 g Provenance: Ex-collection Patrick Liebermann. With a tokubetsu kicho (especially precious) certificate of the NBTHK, dated May 1977.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- iron, gold, silver
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 8.6 cm; LENGTH 8.4 cm; WEIGHT 260.4 g; 8 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-200793139
- Auction house
- Galerie Zacke
- Listing object ID
- 200793139
Catalogue references
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