Two nanban iron daishô tsuba. 17th century - image-1

Lot 1186 Dα

Two nanban iron daishô tsuba. 17th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 1.800 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)
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Two nanban iron daishô tsuba. 17th century

Two Nanban iron daishô tsuba of cross shape with a rain dragon in relief, on one side with details inlaid with gold, on the other side with silver, underneath a meander border three Latin letters in relief. 17th century. Wooden box.
Height 7.5 cm and 6.5 cm

Literature

Compare similar tsuba in the Kobe City Museum, illustrated in: S. Tani und T. Sugase, Nanban Art, 1973, no. 71 and in the Reijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, illustrated in: The Silk Road on the Sea, Kobe 1982, p. 223, no. 232