[ SF24 ] Ishiguro school Daisho tsuba set by Teruaki Kato c 1858

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This is a later set of tsuba & are beautifully made,nice shakudu nanko background with vines,flowers & foliage,very think heavy set in their own box,
Dai measures 7.4 x 7 cm & is signed by the artist, Sho measures 6.9 x 6.7 cm
Nice set that will compliment any collection of fittings.
an impressive ISHIGURO-SCHOOL DAISHO PAIR OF TSUBA By Teruaki (Kato Teruaki, d. 1858) I have never had them authenticated at Shinsa so i cant be sure if signature is genuine or gimei, In fact i had no idea they were by such a good smith until today 12-01-2014 as a friend gave me the info & the link to a set identical, i usually dont pay a lot of attention to sword fittings .

The below is a link to a set of tsuba identical to these where the asking price or sale price was near 20k

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17926/lot/3075/

i paid $2500 for these many years ago ,i did actually list them on my site where i was taking a loss on them but i now i should at least be asking for my original outlay price. i will do some more research & get a better pic of the signature so any buyers can have them checked for themselves,
Gimei or Genuine they are a beautiful set, my images dont do them much justice