Four Japanese Metal Tsuba

19TH CENTURY

comprising a rectangular iron example, decorated in brass and bronze showing a guardian on one side, various signs on the other; a circular brass example, chiseled to show the immortal Shoki riding a horse, chasing an oni, signed; two circular polished shakudo examples, the first with gilt inlaid, decorated with the Shoki figure and a ghost, signed, the second decorated in gold and bronze, depicting a guardian figure, signed.

Length of the largest: 3 1/2 in., 9 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.