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An iron tsuba By Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th

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An iron tsuba By Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th

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Description

An iron tsuba
By Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form, carved in low relief with two fishermen in an open boat beneath an overhanging cliff, the reverse with travellers crossing a bridge in a rainstorm; signed Choshu Hagi no ju Tomokiyo saku. 8cm (3 1/8in).
Footnotes:
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鍔　小船に漁師　銘「長州萩住友清作」　19世紀前期

The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 14.
www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/14/
Lot to be sold without reserve.

Condition

Including but not limited to the following:

Some traces of black rust here and there, most noticeably to the face of the right fisherman (visible in the online illustration). Overall in good condition.

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An iron tsuba By Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th

Name: An iron tsuba By Tomokiyo, Choshu school, early 19th
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