Winter Associates, Inc.
6 of 50 Japanese Tsubas- $5,800-8,000
Lots 107, 108, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 116A Fifty 18th-19th C. Japanese tsubas or sword guards, many mixed metals with gold-, silver-, and copper-tone inlay, depicting warriors, battle scenes, animals, insects, and landscapes, etc. 107: ASIAN: five Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: intricately pierced butterfly with floral and scroll decoration, maru gata shape, unmarked; portrait of teacher with student looking down at mask, floral and foliate decoration front and verso, maru gata shape, calligraphy along the nakago-ana; river scene with waterfall, maru gata shape, unmarked; galloping horses, kaku gata shape, unmarked; dogs walking through mountains with foliate decoration, kaku gata shape, unmarked, most with goldtone and/or coppertone detailing and inlay, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting and nicks. $800-1,000 108: ASIAN: five Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: hunting scene with two warriors in traditional garb one of which is holding down large catlike creature while the other holds torch, large wave to the next of them, kaku gata shape, unmarked; samurai warrior holding sword to sky with foliate decoration at feet, maru gata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana; mountain landscape with tree and foliate decoration, mokko gata shape, unmarked; meditating man under tree, maru gata shape, unmarked; along with pierced avian decoration, silvertone, maru gata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana, most with goldtone and/or coppertone detailing and inlay, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting and nicks. $800-1,000 109: ASIAN: five Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: hunting scene with two warriors in traditional garb one of which is holding down large catlike creature while the other holds torch, large wave to the next of them, goldtone inlay and detailing, kakugata shape, unmarked; samurai warrior holding sword to sky with foliate decoration at feet, goldtone inlay and detailing, marugata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana; mountain landscape with tree and foliate decoration, coppertone inlay and detailing, mokkogata shape, unmarked; meditating man under tree, goldtone and copertone inlay and detailing, marugata shape, unmarked; along with pierced avian decoration, silvertone, marugata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana, all pieces with expected surface wear including scratching and nicks. $800-1,000 110: ASIAN: five Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: pierced battle scene depicting fighting warriors, mokko gata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana; flying birds in rainstorm, kaku gata shape, unmarked; standing and sitting figure under tree, mokko gata shape, unmarked; foo dog among floral and foliate decoration, mokko gata shape, unmarked; along with small etched circular design, maru gata shape, unmarked, most with goldtone and/or coppertone detailing and inlay, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting and nicks. $800-1,000 114: ASIAN: five Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: pierced bas relief food dog with an urn filled with bamboo and hanging tassels, kaku gata shape, unmarked; floral decorated, maru gata shape, unmarked; three figures sitting under tree and mountain range on front and waterfall landscape verso, maru gata shape, unmarked; floral and foliate decoration, mokko gata shape, unmarked; horse decorated, oblong shape, unmarked, most with goldtone, silvertone and/or coppertone detailing and inlay, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting and nicks. $800-1,000 115: ASIAN: five Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: bas relief warrior scene, calligraphy along nakago-ana, mokko gata shape; horses galloping under tree, maru gata shape, unmarked; two men in boat along shoreline with building and tree in front and shore scene verso, mokko gata shape, unmarked; man drinking tea on rocks, maru gata shape, unmarked; building with floral and foliate decoration, maru gata shape, unmarked, all with goldtone and/or coppertone detailing and inlay, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting and nicks. $800-1,000 116: ASIAN: ten Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: Bird perched in trees, maru gata shape, unmarked; river scene man sitting alone on dock, goldtone inlay, maru gata shape, unmarked; connecting leaves, maru gata shape, unmarked; foliate design, goldtone and coppertone inlay, unmarked; grasshopper, butterfly and snail decoration, coppertone inlay, maru gata shape, unmarked; etched constellation of stars, maru gata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana; grass and cloud design, coppertone inlay, maru gata shape, unmarked; man with animals on back in water with basket in hand, goldtone inlay, mokko gata shape, unmarked; pierced bas relief of warriors at base of mountain, maru gata shape, calligraphy along nakago-ana; dragon with scroll design around, maru gata shape, calligraphy at nakago-ana, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting, and nicks. $500-1,000 116A: ASIAN: ten Japanese tsuba, 18th & 19th C., mixed metals and assorted shapes including: landscape scene with buildings, maru gata shape, unmarked; pierced floral design, maru gata shape, unmarked; pierced bas relief of animals and flowers, maru gata shape, unmarked; avian and foliate decorated with goldtone inlay, kaku gata shape, unmarked; silvertone, juji gata shape, unmarked; man riding horse approaching two standing men, goldtone and coppertone inlay, mokko gata shape, unmarked; crane looking up at branches, mokko gata shape, unmarked; landscape with buildings and two figures crossing bridge, goldtone and coppertone inlay, kaku gata shape, unmarked; etched scroll design, maru gata shape, unmarked; brass colored with etched design, kaku gata shape, unmarked, all pieces with expected wear including scratching, pitting, and nicks. $500-1,000
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