JAPAN - EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th century - Lot 230

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JAPAN - EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th century - Lot 230
JAPAN - EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th century Bowl-shaped Kawari gata (wan tsuba) in iron chased in shishiai bori and inlaid in gold hira zogan with crescent moons and water drops and waves, the lower part bent at right angles and pierced with two udenuki ana circled with shibuichi, kozuka-ana filled with a shakudo umegane. H. 8.8 cm Featured in the exhibition Samouraïs. Guerriers et esthètes, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg, from March 11 to July 13, 2022, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog, n°066, p.105 This type of tsuba was inspired by European and Chinese guards, mostly made in Hirado, Hizen or Nagasaki.
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