Lot 46: Tsuba

Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500

Christe’s NY Dr. Walter Compton Sale, Lot 11 3/31/92. Edo (1625), Koike school tsuba, signed “Koike Yoshiro”, four lobed Mokko oval iron, dished to create a raised rim, with flush brass plate and wire inlay including the rims edge. Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.1 m., center at 4.5mm and edge at 5.5mm.