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A SUPERB AND LARGE HAMANO SCHOOL SUAKA TSUBA WITH EMMA-O AND ONI
Lot 71 - JPN0625
Signed Hamano Noriyuki
Japan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Of kakumarugata form, the roughly textured ground masterfully inlaid in copper, shibuichi, and gold takazogan, as well as kebori and katakiribori to depict Emma-o with a stern expression framed by a bushy beard, his hands shrouded in his voluminous robe with richly carved folds and neatly decorated with dragons and clouds, and wearing a court hat finished in ishimeji, beside him an oni holding a lotus blossom. The reverse decorated in high relief with a carp hanging from a rope and holding a gold-inlaid pearl in his mouth. Signed to one side HAMANO NORIYUKI.
HEIGHT 9.4 cm, LENGTH 8.8 cm
WEIGHT 321.2 g
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related suaka tsuba with Emma-o by Unno Moritoshi, dated to the late 19th century, at Galerie Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 14 June 2024, Vienna, lot 251 (sold for EUR 10,400). Compare a related tsuba by Hamano Noriyuki, dated to the 19th century, at Galerie Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 14 June 2024, Vienna, lot 253 (sold for EUR 16,900).
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