Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association to be absolutely sold by auction to settle the estate of the late RAustin Robertson; part first . ed on iron, and chasedand inlaid with gold ; 18th century. 1482 Sword Guard ^Tsuba). Iron. Books in pierced work,inlaid with gold and covered with shakudo on iron. Aunique piece : 18th century. 14S3 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. Two mice, formingthe guard, skilfully pierced ; 17th century. 1484 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. A warrior driving ademon. Deeply carved in iron and inlaid with chasing ; 18th century. 1485 Sword Guard (T
Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association to be absolutely sold by auction to settle the estate of the late RAustin Robertson; part first . ed on iron, and chasedand inlaid with gold ; 18th century. 1482 Sword Guard ^Tsuba). Iron. Books in pierced work,inlaid with gold and covered with shakudo on iron. Aunique piece : 18th century. 14S3 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. Two mice, formingthe guard, skilfully pierced ; 17th century. 1484 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. A warrior driving ademon. Deeply carved in iron and inlaid with chasing ; 18th century. 1485 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. Six figures of famouspoets and a pine-tree : deeply engraved in iron, and inlaidwith gold and silver. The whole treatment is quiteartistic; 18th century. 1486 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shakudo. Yoritomo-shogun hunting on Mount Fuji; deeplycarved, and inlaid in gold and sil-ver. The work of the celebratedchaser, Sohesi-soten, of Hikone,province-of Omi; date, 17th 7 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Yel-low bronze. Two Xios: deeplycarved. An exquisite piece, de-signed by a great artist, Yokoya-somui. and executed by Nobu-yoshi, a pupil of 14Si 282 SWORD GUARDS 1488 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shakudo. Illustrates an earlybattle-scene in Japan ; exquisitely executed in deep carv-ing and gold inlaying, by Soten, of Hikone; date, L700. 1489 Sword Gnard (Tsuba). Shakudo. Ama-Bio. orrain dragon ; deeply carved and pierced. Signed Soheisi-nindo-soten, of Hikone, province of Omi: date, 1700. 1490 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shakudo. A butterfly ; beau-tifully executed in damascened and inlaid work, in goldand silver. An exquisite specimen, by Ishiguro-masat-sune, of Tedo; date, Keio period (1864). The groundfinish, called nanako, is by Nara-teruraasa. 1491 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shakudo. Pheasants andpeony on the obverse, and a plum-tree and sparrows onreverse, in relief; incrusted and chased with gold, shakudoand other metals. The whole treatment is beautiful. ByIshiguro-masa-aki, a p
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