NAKAJIMA SADAKATA: A MASTERFUL SHAKUDO TSUBA WITH A GOOSE AMONGST REEDS By Nakajima Sadataka, signed Buntokusai Sadataka Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The ishime-ji shakudo tsuba of nagamarugata shape, with a kozuka hitsu-ana, finely worked in shakudo, gold, and copper takazogan, as well as kebori engravings to depict a standing goose raising a foot in shallow water amid reeds, the reverse with long reeds in water, signed BUNTOKUSAI SADATAKA. HEIGHT 7.2 cm, LENGTH 6.5 cm WEIGHT 122.1 g Condition: Very good condition with minor wear. Provenance: Ex. Bushell Collection. Christie’s, Bushell Collection of Japanese Sword Fittings & Works of Art, 28 October 1998, New York, lot 696 (sold for USD 4,600). With a fitted tomobako storage box, a seal to the lid. The artist is listed in the Haynes Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists on pp. 1567 (H 07802.0). Museum comparison: A related tsuba with a stag under the autumn moon by Nakajima Sadataka is in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 51.346.