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New Year's Sale of Two Tsuba: Owari sukashi and Kanayama


Steve Waszak

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Happy New Year all!

 

On offer here are two steel tsuba, an Owari Sukashi and a Kanayama.  Both date from the Momoyama to earliest Edo Period.  Below are the details on each.

 

1.  Owari sukashi tsuba.  Motif is tea whisks, folded fans, and ginger, I believe.  8.1cm x 6mm thick.  A classic, beautiful Owari design.  See Sasano's silver book for a very similar example.  Great condition and color.  $1,700 plus shipping.

 

2.  Kanayama (or Owari) tsuba.  Motif looks to be koto and gourd.  7.3cm x 5mm thick.  As with the Owari guard above, the color is excellent, as is the condition.  This Kanayama piece is a little more reserved and "quiet" than Kanayama often due; this may place it in the early Edo Period rather than Kanayama (or perhaps the patron simply requested a more conservative expression ;-) ).  Some may attribute the tsuba to Owari rather than Kanayama for this reason as well.  $2,200 plus shipping. 

 

I can provide more photos for those seriously interested.

 

Cheers,

 

Steve

 

 

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Bump plus incentive:  I am going to offer a 15% discount on either/both tsuba to anyone who responds and would like to purchase by 12:00 noon PST (U.S. West Coast time) Saturday.  Between Saturday noon and Sunday noon, the discount drops to 10%.  What is it Mariusz says about tarts?  ;-)

 

Cheers,

 

Steve

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