Three iron armourers’ tsuba
Myochin and Saotome Schools, 16th to 18th century
The first of convex circular form, with a dragon and cloud in relief, signed Myochin Nobutada, dated Eisho gannen (1504); the second of mokko form, engraved with a gourd vine, signed Nobuie; the third of rounded rectangular form with a hammered ground, signed Iemitsu.
8.5cm (3 3/8in), 9.2cm (3 5/8in) and 8.9cm (3½in). (3).
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鐔　3点　16世紀-18世紀

Provenance: the first tsuba from the Matt Garbutt collection.

Exhibited: The Red Cross Exhibition, London 1915, no.41, Catalogue, illus. pl.CIII.