Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Round iron tsuba with mokume grain and five pierced matsukawa-bishi, signed Kishū-jū Teimei according to the original seller.
Round iron tsuba measuring 8.3 × 8.3 cm according to the original seller, with a kaku-mimi ko-niku rim. The design consists of five matsukawa-bishi motifs (pine-bark lozenges) pierced in negative silhouette, in mon-sukashi, arranged around the central opening. The photographs clearly show the mokume forging grain of the plate; the seller states that it was brought out with acid, a technique the Kishū Teimei school inherited from the Hōan. The signature is chiselled on either side of the central opening; the seller reads it as Kishū-jū Teimei. The photographs show no active rust and no knocks; the edges of the openwork are crisp, and the central opening has sekigane at top and bottom. The original seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper attributing the piece to Kishū-jū Teimei; the paper does not appear in the photographs. The seller dates it to the early Edo period.
Strong points
- Strongly marked mokume grain across the whole iron plate
- Five matsukawa-bishi in mon-sukashi with clean edges
- Signed; NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper according to the original seller
- Kishū Teimei school, in the Hōan iron tradition
Points to bear in mind
- The declared paper does not appear in the photographs
- The signature cannot be read clearly in the photographs; its reading comes from the seller
- Sekigane fitted in the central opening
Score
62.1 / 100
- Maker 19 of 25 Genuine signature of a known maker or school
- Workmanship 10 of 20 Good work
- Condition 14 of 18 Good condition
- Period 9 of 12 Early Edo (1615–1688)
- Paper 4 of 10 NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Extras 0 of 5 No complete set by the same maker and no inscribed box
- Price 6.1 of 10 Rank 130 of 330 by price among pieces of its type, from the most affordable to the dearest
The score shares out 100 points: Maker 25 · Workmanship 20 · Condition 18 · Period 12 · Paper 10 · Extras 5 · Price 10. It is computed from the record, not from an opinion. Maker, workmanship, condition and period are judged from the photographs and the paper; price is compared only with fittings of the same type.
Details
- Type
- Tsuba
- Maker
- Teimei
- Period
- Early Edo (1615–1688)
- Material
- Iron
- Paper
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Signature
- Signed
- School
- Kishū Teimei
- Technique
- Sukashi (openwork), Other technique
- Dating
- Early Edo period (17th century)