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Two Unusual Echizen Kinai Tsuba, Edo period (18th century)
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Description
- 7.3 by 6.6 and 7.9 by 7.7cm., 2 7/8 by 2 5/8 and 3 1/8 by 3 1/16 in.
the First of kemari (football), or yoko futatsu uri (two sliced melons) form, achieved by two facing drawer handles surrounding the well hammered plate, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku; the Second of circular form, carved and pierced with five Noh masks, signed Echizen ju Kinai saku
Catalogue Note
The First with a tomobako, bearing a hakogaki by Dr. Kazutaro Torigoe