Soten tsuba with great details

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Tsuba signed 江刕彦根住 藻柄子入道宗典製 "Eshu Hikone Ju Mogarashi Nyudo Soten sei" with Tokubetsu Kicho papers from Showa 40 (1965).
The details are astonishing, there are many characters depicted, which probably tell a story but i couldn't figure out which one. There are hon-zogan of copper and silver, gold nunome zogan, intact gilded mimi and shakudo hitsuana plug.
The quality of work becomes even more impressive once you hold it in hand, because you can really see how small everything is, those faces are 2mm tall.
Comes with a good quality box with pillow.

 

Dimension 77x74 mm

 

Price 1000€ plus shipping and Paypal fees
I'll be at Japan Art Expo in Utrecht so i can hand deliver it there as well.

 

 

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Price drop to 900€ plus shipping

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George Miller aka Tanto54 was kind enough to write me the meaning of the story depicted on the tsuba:

"Your Soten Tsuba’s theme is Filial Piety (a perfect gift from a Samurai Parents to their son).  It depicts some of the “Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety”.  For example, I see on your tsuba: Meng Zong (known as Moso in Japanese) digging bamboo shoots, Huang Tingjian pouring out his Mother’s chamber pot, Wang Xiang lying on ice to get a carp for his Step-Mother, Yang Xiang wrestling a tiger to save his father, etc.  Hopefully this can help you and your sale."

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another drop to 850€

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Price down to 800€

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Hold pending payment

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SOLD to a member of the board, thank you