KIKU SUKASHI SAOTOME TSUBA: LATE 16TH CENTURY; OTHERS: 19TH CENTURY
comprising four examples with gold inlays, the first of circular form, depicting figures underneath pine trees, the second of smaller mokko-form decorated with butterflies above flowering branches, the third of larger mokko-form with figures in a landscape, the fourth of rounded rectangular form, showing a figure in an outdoor scene; the fifth a kiku sukashi Saotome example pierced with radiating lines; all unsigned.
Largest 3 3/8 in., 8.5 cm.
Property from the Collection of Kevin Evensen, Chicago, Illinois