Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association to be absolutely sold by auction to settle the estate of the late RAustin Robertson; part first . ge inKioto ; in gold and silver relief-work. Signed Ichi-yu-saiMotonori, of Ibaraki prefecture. 1434 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shakudo. Celebrated scen-ery—eight views of Lake Biwa, in Province of Omi—chased and incrusted in solid gold and silver in , Takase Yei-ju. 1435 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. Cherry blossom inraised gold and the Teumaku (Royal tent) in heavysilver incrustation. Bj Yanagawa-chokuren. 1436 Sword Guard (Tsuba).


Catalogue of the collections of the American Art Association to be absolutely sold by auction to settle the estate of the late RAustin Robertson; part first . ge inKioto ; in gold and silver relief-work. Signed Ichi-yu-saiMotonori, of Ibaraki prefecture. 1434 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shakudo. Celebrated scen-ery—eight views of Lake Biwa, in Province of Omi—chased and incrusted in solid gold and silver in , Takase Yei-ju. 1435 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. Cherry blossom inraised gold and the Teumaku (Royal tent) in heavysilver incrustation. Bj Yanagawa-chokuren. 1436 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shibuichi metal. JapaneseKiri-tree in shakudo; on reverse, peacock and storm-cloudincrusted in red bronze with silver and gold , Sano-michiyoshi. 1437 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shibuichi. A wild horse,chased and incrusted in shakudo, on obverse; on the re-verse, a mountain with running stream below. Signed,Hide-kuni. 1438 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Copper bronze. A descend-ing eagle and a rock in high relief, inlaid with gold andsilver, and a bear watching the eagle from under a pineroot. Excellent workmanship: By Shi-ge-nobu. 278 SWORD GUARDS. 1439 1439 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron Masks and Hat. In highincrustation of shakudo and redbronze on iron; 18th Sword Guard (Tsuba). and chased decoration of fansinlaid in solid gold. Signed, Hagiya-katsuhei. 1141 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shibui- chi. A Chinese philosopher and hispupil, chased in high relief, and inlaidwith gold and silver. Signed, Hatn-ano Naoyuki. 1442 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shibuichi. Carved and inlaidwork of peony flower, and moon appearing from cloud, insilver. Signed, Haru-akira; date, 1800-1825. 1443 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Shibuichi. Ornamentationrepresenting the first Sho-gun Yoritomo on horseback,near cherry-tree, incrusted in gold and shakudo and finelychased. Exquisitely finished in details. Signed, To-sen-sai Mune-teru; date, 1750-1800. 1444 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Iron. Pierced work of


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