FOUR MIXED-METAL TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Comprising a copper tsuba in the form of Daruma meditating while holding a fly whisk, a kite below and a mask and a battledore on the reverse, the details inlaid in silver, copper and shakudō, with a silver rim, inscribed Haruaki Hōgen and with a kaō; a heavy, rounded-rectangular sentoku tsuba with a raised rim, chiseled and inlaid in gold, copper and shakudō with a cockerel on a drum, a hen and chick on the reverse, inscribed Michitoshi saku: a Shōnai-Kumagai copper tsuba of mokkō form with a raised rim, chiseled in relief with resting travelers, the reverse with sailboats above breaking waves, the rim with dragon arabesques, signed and dated Kumagai Yoshitada, Tenpō mizunoto mi (1833); and a circular shakudō tsuba decorated with a scene of two lovers in silver and shibuichi takazōgan with gold and copper details Each with a wood tomobako storage box 3 5/8in (9.2cm) high, the largest (4). Footnotes: Provenance Each previously sold at Bonhams, London, May 13, 2008, lots 72, 83, 81, and 58 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