Dao Tsuba in custom fitted box with Japanese provenance

[Marius]

 

A brass tsuba, 19th c. Qing dynasty with a rare provenance. The front has a carved twin dragons (so-ryu) motif among a background of vines (karakusa) in a motif that dates to antiquity in China. The carved design on the reverse side is of a hidden dragon in clouds. 

 

I was told it was brought to Japan by the end of the Edo period, but cannot verify it. It could have been brought to Japan during one of the Sino-Japanese wars. Anyway, the previous owner bought it from one of the top Ginza sword dealers, with the assurance that it was a Momoyama namban tsuba. This assessment was utterly wrong, of course, but it is still a nice tsuba with some Chinese and Japanese history. Along the way from owner to owner, it was fitted with a high class custom box. I have had it in my collection for some years now, and it was always a conversation starter and I had great fun with it. 

 

 

 

Size:  6.9 cm X 7.7 cm, 5.4 mm at rim, 2.6 at center. 

 

$310 (€280) incl tracked priority shipping to EU and US.

 

 

 

 

[Marius]

I am reducing the price on this one to 

 

$250 incl. shipping

 

The catch: valid until 3rd May, 24:00 GMT.

 

after that the tsuba will be withdrawn and thread deleted.

[Marius]

on HOLD 

[Marius]

SOLD, thank you.