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Lot 485
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
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



