SIX MIXED-METAL TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Comprising an oval shibuichi migakiji tsuba inlaid with copper, gold, and silver with a bird on a branch, rice stooks, and a landscape with the moon and its reflection; an oval copper ishimeji tsuba inlaid in relief of shakudō, shibuichi, gold, silver, and copper depicting sumire (violets) and birds pecking, signed Bokuichisai; an oval iron tsuba inlaid in shakudō, shibuichi, gold, and copper with Shōki, his sword lowered, a snail, toys, and a flowering branch, signed with several tiny separate characters, too diffuse to decipher; a rounded rectangular copper tsuba chiseled in high relief and with a detail in shakudō depicting a tiger in the rain, signed with a kaō; accompanied by a Kichō Kodōgu (Precious Sword Fitting) certificate no.125 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated December 5, 1973; an oval shakudō migakiji tsuba inlaid in various metals and coral with sagemono: an inrō and a kinchaku; and an irregular copper ishimeji tsuba chiseled in relief and with details in gold and shakudō depicting waves and chidori, signed Ōmori Terutomo with a kaō 2 1/2in (6.3cm) high, the largest (7). Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing