Three Nobuie style tsuba
Early to mid Edo Period, 17th/18th Century
The first of rounded rectangular form, second mokko, with a pierced wheel and stamped trellis; the third of rounded lozenge form, pierced with rice stocks, each signed Nobuie.(3)
2 3/4, 2 7/8 and 3 1/4in (7, 7.3 and 8.3cm)
Sold for US$ 1,080 (€799) inc. premium