| Item
#73 |
| Price |
|---|
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| Description |
| Nice iron Ko-Nara style tsuba with design of a man on a brigde talking to a frog on the bank of a stream with a large tree. The scene extends to the reverse side of the tsuba. The carving is done well with nice use of gold, silver and copper inlay as highlights. This is a well forged and hammered tsuba. As with other Nara tsuba the motif is depicting a Japanese folktale, perhaps this is tsuba is a depiction of the Japanese folktale "Washi no Tamago" or The eagle's egg, where the main characters are a man and a frog. A nice tsuba for a very reasonable price, and in good condition with nice patina. |
| Time Period |
1800's |
| Signature |
| Unsigned |
| Size |
| Top to Bottom: 2.75 inches (70.0 mm) Side to side 2.57 inches (65.4 mm) Thichness at seppa dai 0.11 inches (3.0 mm) |
