Der Falke stößt herab
A Hawk over the Waterfall
An iron tsuba, upright oval. A hawk in gold drops from the upper right corner, wings spread, head turned down. At the left a waterfall falls in fine vertical lines, and flowering shrubs and bamboo grass in gold and silver spread across the lower half. On the back an old pine leans over the water.
Two small mei standing on the back beside the seppa-dai seems to read “Ishiguro”. Some early masters did indeed (rarely) work in testu. Their final reading waits for the piece itself. The tsuba comes from the collection of Alan Hartman in New York and is in Japan at present. Its page follows on its return.
Tsuba. Tetsu, takabori mit kin- und gin-iroe. Taka-zu am Wasserfall; Rückseite Kiefer am Wasser. Edo-Zeit. Privatsammlung, zuvor Sammlung Alan Hartman, New York. Seite in Vorbereitung.
In the collection
- Type
- Tosogu › Tsuba
- Period
- Edo-Zeit
- Material
- Tetsu
- Motif
- Tiere und Vögel
