Iron tsuba, Goose, Japanese Metalwork

Iron tsuba with a goose and reed design signed by Haruaki Date: 19th century (late Edo period) Size: 8 x 7.4 x 0.5 cm, C: 2.6 x 1.8 cm Condition: Good for age. Minor wear and oval mark around centre.

19th century or earlier unsigned iron Japanese sword tsuba with decoration of two geese descending under a moon partially obscured by the clouds on the front, and reeds on the back. The subject may re

Item: Iron sukashi tsuba with pine trees and wild geese Origin: Japan Date: Edo period Materials: Iron Height: 72.0 mm; Width: 69.7 mm; Thickness: 5.2 mm; Weight: 95 g An iron tsuba of oval form decor

Item: Iron tsuba with seaside landscape Origin: Japan Date: Edo period Materials: Iron Dimensions: 73.1 x 65.1 x 5.0 mm Iron tsuba carved and pierced with seaside landscape: water, reeds, wild geese,

Item: Iron sukash tsuba Origin: Japan Date: Edo period Materials: Iron Dimensions: 64.8 x 62.7 x 5.5 mm Iron tsuba of rounded square form with openwork design of clouds, wild geese in flight, and dist

EIGHT IRON TSUBA Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century The first mokkogata, Heianjo-zogan type, the rim and seppadai connected by 48 radiating spokes, the rim inlaid with wave patterns in brass

One possibly later; of various forms and decorations, all unsigned (H: 3 1/2 in. (largest)) PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, New York

Of various forms and decorations, one signed Yamashiro Koku/Kuni Fushimi Kaneie/Kanaya (H: 3 1/2 in. (largest)) PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, New York

Of various forms and decorations, all unsigned (H: 3 1/4 in (largest)) PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, New York

Two Japanese Iron Tsuba, Edo Period, 19th centuryMarks: Multi-character marks3-1/4 inc

Japanese, Edo Period (1603-1868). A group of 3 iron kyo-sukashi (openwork) tsubas comprising one of naga maru gata form with maru mimi (rim) and central nakago-ana flanked to left by rounded kôzuka-b

Iron Tsuba- goose and crescent moon, signed. 2 7/8''

Two Iron Tsuba EDO PERIOD (1600-1868) each of almost circular form, the first a mixed-metal inlaid example, signed tadatsugu, 忠次; the second with reticulated decoration, signed Masatsune

Two Japanese Iron Tsuba EDO PERIOD, 18TH-19TH CENTURY the first of rounded, rectangular form, inlaid in gold and silver depicting a seated fisher man holding a large fish and a fishing rod underneath

A Japanese parcel-gilt iron "Dragon" tsubaedo period. Depicting a gilded three-clawed dragon in low relief to one side, its tail protruding from the other. H: 2 3/4, W: 2 1/2 in.

Japanese iron tsuba by Soheishi, mid-Edo period, depicting two figures in gilt, silver and copper, signed 'Soheishi Nyudo Soten' one side, 'Goshu Hikone ju' (resides in Goshu-current Shiga prefecture)

Japanese sword, wakizashi, shinto (1596-1780), gunome midare hamon, mumei, ubu-nakago, iron tsuba from Edo period with gilt inlay, the blade is older than tsuba, blade length: approx. 20"l, overall (i

Japanese iron tsuba, featuring two festival musicians with a drum and fan, the other side with a drum and a mallet, 2.75"w x 3"h

FOUR IRON TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first and second pierced with intricate key-fret patterning; the third and fourth each formed from 32 overlapping rivett

A Japanese Iron Tsuba with Gold and Silver Asagao Decoration Edo period (1615-1868), an iron maru shaped shakudo mixed metal tsuba (sword guard) used to protect the hands from sliding onto the bade of

Five Japanese Iron Tsuba 17TH-18TH CENTURY the first example in the form of a wheel with bronze inlays; the second a reticulated example with floral decoration, signed Choshu Hagi no ju Kawaji saku, &

Antique Japanese iron tsuba; the squared shape beautifully carved sunken relief design of a highly animated Shi-shi with an inlaid gold eye; the verso with a gold chrysanthemum and bud, also in sunken

One a nade gaku hokei tsuba with relief of a boar in landscape and inlaid with gold and copper; the second a shinno maru-gata tsuba decorated with pine trees, waves, clouds, and Mt. Fuji, inlaid with

RARE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA FROM THE SCHOOL OF KOIKE YOSHIRO 16th/17th c. Diameter: 9 cm Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Pe