IWAMOTO MUNEGAGA: A FINE IRON TSUBA DEPICTING TWO DRAGONS

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IWAMOTO MUNEGAGA: A FINE IRON TSUBA DEPICTING TWO DRAGONS By Iwamoto Munegaga, signed Iwamoto Munegaga with kakihan Japan, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of naga-marugata shape with a squared rim, kozuka hitsu-ana, copper sekigane, worked in suaka (refined copper), shibuichi, and gold takazogan depicting two three-clawed dragons emanating gold flames from their bodies, the verso with swirling clouds engraved in kebori and katakiribori, signed IWAMOTO MUNEGAWA with kakihan (artist’s cursive monogram). HEIGHT 7.2 cm, LENGTH 6.7 cm WEIGHT 120.8 g The artist is listed in the Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on p. 1218 (H 06159.0). Haynes identifies this artist's signature and kakihan on two pieces, one in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the other illustrated in Robinson, B. W. (1980) The Baur Collection: Japanese Sword-fittings and Associated Metalwork, Geneva, p. 433, D 1775, no. 380. Museum comparison: Compare a related copper kozuka by the same artist with rats eating chestnuts, signed Munegawa with the same kakihan as that found on the present lot, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number M.2110-1931.

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