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Click here to subscribeTwo Japanese bronze parcel gilt samurai Tsuba, each of circular form and relief moulded with a samurai warrior and katana, one signed, each 7.5cm wide (2) For condition information please view this lot on our website HERE.Please note, we do not publish any condition reports on the-saleroom.com, all requested condition reports will be available to view on trevanionanddean.com
Three Japanese bronze Tsuba, comprising; a parcel gilt example, designed as a coiled snake, signed, 10cm wide, a smaller example of circular form decorated with a scaley dragon, 7cm wide and a further parcel gilt example depicting sparring warriors, 7.5cm wide (3) For condition information please view this lot on our website HERE.Please note, we do not publish any condition reports on the-saleroom.com, all requested condition reports will be available to view on trevanionanddean.com
Two Japanese bronze Tsuba, comprising; an Aesthetic reticulated example depicting a crane, dragonfly and sprigs, Meiji period (1868 - 1912), 7cm wide, a circular parcel gilt example depicting a fisherman below a tree, 7cm wide, and a further reticulated iron example with quatrefoil detail, 7cm wide (3) For condition information please view this lot on our website HERE.Please note, we do not publish any condition reports on the-saleroom.com, all requested condition reports will be available to view on trevanionanddean.com
A Japanese sword with pierced tsuba and metal scabbard - 95cm long CONDITION REPORTBy our judgement, condition of lot is good.Notably, fixings are loose on hilt, scabbard sports some chips, and there is a ding to blade edge.There is no visible inscription to the tang.The cutting edge is 70cm long.Our team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention.
A FINE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE TANTO, 25.5cm clean blade incised with a character, the fully bound tsuka with plaited highlights, matching fuchi and kashira of basket form, the menuki retained by plaits, one in the form of a sword, the other a crutch, the gilt oval tsuba decorated with foliage and flowerheads in cloisonne enamels, contained in its silver birch lacquered saya applied with a snail in mixed metals, the kozuka decorated with flowerheads and butterflies. Decorative silk bag.
ǂA LARGE JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ SWORD (TACHI), MEIJI PERIOD the elaborate multi-coloured design covering the entire saya and tsuka, illustrates green dragons, with golden details and red mouths, amongst purple clouded skies, interspersed with Aoi-mon in various colours. All metal mounts, including the ashi, kabuto-gane and tsuba are in brass, as is the mokko-gata tsuba. The overall assembled length of the koshirae is 105 cm; The slender blade is shinogi-zukuri with ko-kissaki and a shallow tori-zori. There is muji-hada and the hamon is ko-midare in nioi, with many gunome-ashi. The indistinct boshi appears to be ko-maru. The ubu nakago has two mekugi-ana, suji-jikai yasuri and ha-agari kuri-jiri. It is mumei and is probably shinshinto. Nagasa: 64.5 cm; Moto-haba: 3.0 cm; Saki-haba: 2.0 cm
ǂA LARGE JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ SWORD (TACHI), MEIJI PERIOD elaborately decorated with multi-coloured kiku of various designs on both saya and tsuka. On the tsuka the design includes two large dragons. All metal mounts on both saya and tsuka, as well as the mokko-gata tsuba are in brass. The blade is shinogi-zukuri with tori-zori and chu-kissaki. The notare-midare hamon is in nioi and the boshi is o-maru. The hamon ends near the machi with yakidashi. The nakago has yoko-yasuri and kata-yamagata jiri, a single mekugi-ana and is mumei, probably shin-shinto. Nagasa: 68.0 cm; Moto-haba: 2.9 cm; Saki-haba: 2.0cm
A SHINTO TACHI BLADE Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune chu-kissaki; Kitae (forging pattern): Unclear due to condition; Hamon (tempering pattern): Unclear due to condition; Nakago (tang) : Ubu with yoko-yasuri and a single mekugi-ana, mumei; Nagasa (length from kissaki to machi): 76.3 cm; Koshirae (mounting): A ribbed black lacquered saya with iron ko-jiri which has traces of a gilded dragon and there is a fur covered hand-grip at the koi-guchi. The maru-bori tsuba has sukashi mon design. The tsuka has black ito (damaged) over white samé and a sentoku fuchi with a shakudo mon
Japanese Tanto Small Sword With Signed Tang 12 3/4 inch, single edged blade. Copper habaki. Tang with character signature. Steel tsuba with chiselled and gilt decorated, floral sprays and insects. Silvered fuchi with corn and rabbit decoration. White shagreen grip panels. Contained in its black lacquered scabbard with gilt decorated bamboo and bird decoration. Scabbard containing its small, kozuka dagger. 3 3/4 inch, single edged blade. Darkened copper hilt with gilt filled, line decoration.
* Japanese Tsuba . A good collection of 18th century and later iron sword guards, including two with signatures, each with gold decoration, one with a dragon and gold cloud design the other with plum blossoms, others examples include thistles, samurai warriors, exotic birds, dragons etc, some with gold or silver inlay, various shapes and sizes, see lot 121Qty: (22)NOTESProvenance: The family of Dr Harry Stopes-Roe (1924-2014), son of the birth control pioneer Marie Stopes (1880-1958), and his wife Mary, née Wallis (1927-2019), herself the daughter of the illustrious scientist, engineer and inventor Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (1887-1979). The tsuba in this lot are all believed to have been acquired by or given to Marie Stopes. As a palaeobotanist Stopes had worked in Japan from 1907 to 1909, exploring coal mines in Hokkaido for fossilised plants.
An early gold-lacquer four-case inro17th CenturyThe inro of upright form, bearing a fundame ground, decorated in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, depicting two monkeys climbing a vine covered persimmon tree laden with ripe fruit, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; with a peach stone ojime in the form of a monkey clasping a leafy peach and a lacquered wood netsuke of a seated monkey struggling to remove a crab clinging to the back of its head, unsigned. 8cm (3 1/8in).Footnotes:Provenance:Raymond Koecklin Collection.Sold at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, 9-11 June 1926, lot 187.Marianne Densmore Collection, Paris.Demaree and Dorothy Bess collection.Charles A. Greenfield Collection, no.12.Sold at Sotheby's, New York, 25 March 1998, lot 19.Published:Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three, Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, New York, Japan House Gallery, 1972, no.8.Exhibited: Japan House Gallery, Japan Society, New York, 1972, no.8.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A black-lacquer four-case inroBy Shiomi Masakage (1681-1764), 18th centuryThe inro bearing a roiro ground and decorated with an asymmetric arrangement of scattered Chinese coins in coloured lacquer simulating the original metals, the interior of roiro, signed Shiomi Masakage with a seal; with a metal ojime in the form of a coin and a wood netsuke in the form of a string of coins with one coin rotatable, unsigned. 6.9cm (2 11/16in).Footnotes:Provenance:Rogers Collection, no.67.Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 1947.Charles A. Greenfield collection, no.67.Sold at Sotheby's, New York, 25 March 1998, lot 51.Published:Harold P.Stern, The Magnificent Three, Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield collection, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society, New York, 1972, no.91.Ishikawa Masao, the catalogue to the Netsuke Exhibition sponsored and published by Nihon Keizai Shinbun, Tokyo, 1981, no.251.Exhibited:Japan House Gallery, New York, 1972.Shinjuku Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 1981.Umeda Hankyu Department Store, Osaka, 1981.The coins depicted on the inro are Chinese, dating from the 6th to the 18th century. The coin represented on the ojime is Japanese, from the Kanei era (1624-1644). Two of the coins represented on the netsuke are identifiable as examples produced in China during the Yongle period (402-1421) and a provincial 18th century coin.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Japanese Antique Samurai Edo - Period Katana Tsuba of Large Size, Soten Kinko - Sukashi Mokka Gata Shape, Inlaid on Both Sides with a Sage Feeding a Monkey, Picked Out In Silver and Bronze Highlights, Worn Consistent with Age and Use, Fully Signed by the Japanese Maker - Please See Photos. Size 3.5 x 3 Inches.
A JAPANESE IVORY DAGGER AND SHEATH, THE HILT CARVED AS THE HEAD OF A SCALY MONSTER, THE SHEATH WITH A SCENE OF MANY FIGURES BUSY AT VARIOUS PURSUITS, 31.5CM OVERALL, MEIJI PERIOD Much old settled dust and dirt and some typical yellowing with age, one or two old blackened hairline cracks, tsuba loose, blade rusty in places
A WWII Second World War Showa Period Shin Gunto officers sword katana having a tsuka bound hilt with ray skin and menuki, seppa, pierced floral tsuba, kabatu-gane, machined blade and leather scabbard. The sword comes with a Japanese military photo album, once belonging to the same owner containing photographs of pictures of family and groups of soldiers. Blade measures; 64cm.
A selection of Japanese fabric including a large roll with gilded decoration depicting floral roundels, length of roll 443cm.Additional InformationThese are not decorated with tsuba, they are decorated with floral roundels, the width is 70.5cm. The length of the roll is stated in the description.
A Georgian Hunting Hanger, with 54cm double edge steel blade, the blackened steel hilt with facetted crossguard, chamfered ivory grip and elongated octagonal pommel, lacks scabbard, 70cm; a Japanese Second World War Katana, the blade rusted into the copper lacquered steel scabbard, with brass tsuba and braid bound same hilt, af (2). Hanger with delamination to the edge of the blade towards the tip. The blade is rust pitted. The hilt has wear and orange rust pitting. The ivory grip has small age cracks. Katana has loss to the sharkskin on the hilt, which is loose and damaged. The blade is rusted into the scabbard which has a number of dents
WWII Japanese Naval Kai Gunto sword, 71cm bright steel single edge curved blade with starburst Tsuba, cotton wrapped shagreen hilt with floral menuki, black lacquer sheath with twin suspension rings, 101cm overall Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Japanese Antique Samurai Edo - Period Katana Tsuba of Large Size, Soten Kinko - Sukashi Mokka Gata Shape, Inlaid on Both Sides with a Sage Feeding a Monkey, Picked Out In Silver and Bronze Highlights, Worn Consistent with Age and Use, Fully Signed by the Japanese Maker - Please See Photos. Size 3.5 x 3 Inches.
Japanese WWII Officer's Katana, mounted with shin-gunto 1934-1944 (new military sword) fittings but with civilian iron tsuba of 17th century style, the kabutogane (hilt or pommel) bearing silver family mon reading 'Kanamura', the blade with unsigned tang thought to be early 17th century but in the style of Nanboku - cho period blade made in the Mino provence. Length of cutting edge 69.5cm
An antique Japanese Katana sword having 73cm blade, decorative Tsuba and Menuki and metal scabbardCONDITION REPORTBy our judgement, condition of lot is good- some signs of wear but physically sound.Notably, we are unable to remove the handle to see the tang, but assume that it is signed as it is identical to the slightly smaller Lot 98.We can confirm that this lot has a functional press stud and that the blade or scabbard are not bent out of shape.The scabbard sports some damage to it's surface as shown in extensive additional images.Dimension are as follows:Blade length, 73cmScabbard length, 80cm
An antique Japanese Katana sword having 69cm blade, decorative Tsuba and Menuki, signed Tang and metal scabbardCONDITION REPORTBy our judgement, condition of lot is good- some signs of wear but physically sound.Notably, the tip of the blade has a slight ding, but we can confirm that the blade or scabbard are not bent out of shape.The scabbard sports some damage to it's surface as shown in extensive additional images.Dimension are as follows:Blade length, 69cmScabbard length, 73cm
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