Items | Mandarin Mansion

Red lacquered Ainu koshirae

Of unusual form and with mother of pearl inlays.

€2400,-
Masamune sword menuki

NBTHK Hozon. Charming menuki in the form of a sword, signed "Masamune" and a tachi scabbard.

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Yasuchika elephant tsuba

A 19th-century copy of an important cultural art object.

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Sukashi tsuba with Fujiwara mon

Delicately pierced tsuba with shakudo rim.

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Hawk and pine tsuba

Carved out of copper alloy with details highlighted in gold.

€250,-
Fine pierced nanban tsuba

Very delicate work with carved guardian lions.

€450,-
Hirado Kunishige tsuba

Of a copper alloy with a different shade on each side.

€2600,-
Small Chinese saber guard

Of pierced iron, elaborately cut with lotus petal border.

€1200,-
Aoi-gata tsuba with foreigners

Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.

€1800,-
Iron nanban ship tsuba

Pierced and chiseled showing an 18th century European vessel.

€475,-
Hirado Kunishige fuchi

One of his classic designs, signed by the maker.

€400,-
Unusual nanban tsuba

Very finely carved with designs reminiscent of export wares.

€500,-
17th century Chinese saber guard

With the swirling arabesque motifs that are typical for this period.

€5500,-
Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

In the style of northern work of the 16th and 17th centuries

€1800,-
Assymetric dragon tsuba

Chinese work for the Japanese market.

€800,-
Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

Canton work for the Japanese market, with 28 metal balls in separate compartments.

€1500,-
Early Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€500,-
Lobed Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Canton tsuba with ship

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

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Five dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€350,-
Water caltrop Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Facing dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Yagami school nanban tsuba

A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.

€2000,-
Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.

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Yidao guard

Exceptionally large pierced iron guard for a Chinese yidao; "virtuous saber".

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Three wise monkeys tsuba

Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

€1500,-
Winged dragon tsuba

A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

€3200,-
Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

€350,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

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Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

€420,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

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Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

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Cast iron compass rose guard

A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.

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Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

€8500,-
Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€400,-
Chinese lòukōng sword guard

The archetypical Chinese sword guard that gave rise to the Japanese genre of "nanban tsuba".

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Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.

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A Japanese wari-kōgai

Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

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Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

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Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu

A rare 17th-century sword guard made of foreign steel.

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House of Aviz tsuba

A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.

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A Korean sword guard

Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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