JAPAN, ONIN SCHOOL - MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573), 16th ce - Lot 121

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JAPAN, ONIN SCHOOL - MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573), 16th ce - Lot 121
JAPAN, ONIN SCHOOL - MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573), 16th century Iron maru gata inlaid with brass hira zogan nails and openwork kage-sukashi of a seahorse. Unsigned. H. 9 cm Featured in the exhibition Samouraïs. Guerriers et esthètes, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg, from March 11 to July 13, 2022, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog, no. 076, p.109. The seahorse is very rarely depicted in tsuba decorations. In Japanese, it is called tatsu no otoshigo, or "runt of the dragon".
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