Ian B3HR2UH Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 Two of my tsuba have red numbers painted inside the nakago ana . I can trace their provenance back to the Sothebys sale of Dr Stevens's collection on the 25th of July 1967 . Dr Stevens had a huge collection that was sold over five sales by Sothebys from 1966 to 1968 Does anyone else have anything else from the Stevens collection or anything with similarly placed red numbers ? I would like to understand whether these numbers are peculiar to the Stevens collection or if they relate to an earlier collectors numbering system . In similar vein I have another pair signed Kikuichi Tsunekatsu . These were sold by Sothebys in their sale of the 3rd of June 1981 and the catalogue stated that they are ex Trower and Stark collections . Both tsuba have tiny stamps on the reverse about the size of a pinhead . I suspect that these may also be a collectors identification mark. Has anyone seen such a mark before ? Ian Brooks 4 Quote
Spartancrest Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 Found on a Polish Helmet - I don't think it is the same, probably just a proof mark. https://www.antiquew...met-2nd-half-17th-c/ 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 A Dr Stevens tsuba sold in the Edward Wrangham collection sale back in November 2010 - lot 36 But the one image remaining does not show any red numbers in the nakago-ana - sorry https://www.bonhams....school-19th-century/ Quote
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