Ending 21st Apr, 2024 14:00
Olympia Timed Spring 2024
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A JAPANESE IRON TSUBA (HAND GUARD) OF AORI GATA (SADDLE BAG) FORM, CIRCA 1859
decorated on one side with two rats and a rice bale, the larger rat and rice bale carved, the smaller rat of applied shibuichi (silver/gold alloy), both rats with inlaid gold eyes, the verso with one small rat with inlaid gold eyes and a daikon (Japanese radish), both carved, two hitsu-ana (holes for the handles of utility knives) with shakudō (gold/copper alloy) plugs
The recto signed Hakuryushi Kiyotaka and kao (art signature), the verso inscribed Ansei (illegible) nen (1854-1859) Hitsuji Ki (late in the Year of the Goat); probably 1859.
Sold for £240
decorated on one side with two rats and a rice bale, the larger rat and rice bale carved, the smaller rat of applied shibuichi (silver/gold alloy), both rats with inlaid gold eyes, the verso with one small rat with inlaid gold eyes and a daikon (Japanese radish), both carved, two hitsu-ana (holes for the handles of utility knives) with shakudō (gold/copper alloy) plugs
The recto signed Hakuryushi Kiyotaka and kao (art signature), the verso inscribed Ansei (illegible) nen (1854-1859) Hitsuji Ki (late in the Year of the Goat); probably 1859.
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)
