THREE MIXED-METAL TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Comprising a Hamano-school oval shakudō migakiji tsuba chiseled in sunken and low relief and inlaid in gold and copper with Kan'u (Chinese: Guanyu) and an attendant reading a scroll, the reverse with a horse tethered to a pine tree, inscribed Hamano Noriyuki; a nearly circular shibuichi ishimeji tsuba chiseled in sunken and and low relief and inlaid of gold and silver with a boatman on a body of water beneath flying geese and a full moon obscured by clouds, signed Shigemitsu; and a nearly circular shibuichi migakiji tsuba decorated with irises in gold takazōgan and chiseled in kebori, signed Nakayama Mitsuyoshi Each with a wood tomobako storage box 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high, the largest (3). Footnotes: Provenance The third, previously sold at Christie's, London, June 9, 2004, lot 54 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