JAPAN - MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603) - Lot 157

JAPAN - MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603) Kawari gata in iron, the mimi raised to imitate the edge of a leaf and decorated in relief with interlaced branches. Unsigned. H. 7.5 cm Provenance: Former Robert E. Haynes collection, 1978 sale Haynes comments on this tsuba: "It shows a tree leaf. It is made of iron with fused brass (?) on the surface. Tea ceremony object. Very early example. Absolutely pure Momoyama. I shoud get it back to study it further." [This piece represents a leaf. It is made of iron and brass fused (?) on the surface. Tea ceremony object. Very early example. Absolutely Momoyama period. I should get it back for further study]. Reproduced in Patrick Liebermann, Tsuba. Itinéraires d'une collection, 2016, n°3, p.11 Featured in the exhibition Samurai. Guerriers et esthètes, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg, from March 11 to July 13, 2022, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog, n°184, p.167