Yokoya School Shakudo Tsuba
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
YOKOYA SOMIN: A YOKOYA SCHOOL SHAKUDO TSUBA WITH A HO-O BIRD AND PAULOWNIA After Yokoya Somin, inscribed Yokoya Somin Japan, 19th century Of nademarugata form, with one kozuka hitsu ana, engraved in fine katakiribori and kebori with a ho-o bird in flight, its elaborate plumage framing sprays of paulownia below, the scene wrapping around the sides.
The mimi lined in gold and inscribed to one side YOKOYA SOMIN. HEIGHT 7.9 cm, LENGTH 7.6 cm, 3 cm (the nakago), THICKNESS 0.2 cm (the mimi), 0.6 cm (the seppa-dai) WEIGHT 191.5 g Provenance: Christie’s, A Fine Collection of Japanese Sword Fittings, 9 November 2005, London, lot 62.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- shakudo
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- HEIGHT 7.9 cm, LENGTH 7.6 cm
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
- 205635627
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.