A Goto School Nanako Shakudo Tsuba Daisho Set with Dragons

Edo period (1615-1868) 

Nanako Shakudo Tsuba

Each of nademarugata form, with gilt-rimmed kozuka and kogai hitsu-ana, the nakago-ana with copper sekigane, bearing a masterfully executed nanako ground, finely worked

in takazogan with shakudo and gold, depicting a pair of sinuous three-clawed dragons, one with the tail terminating in a ken-blade and clutching the tama pearl, the reverse with a third dragon.

Provenance

Galerie Zacke 2024