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Antique Japanese Shakudo/Nanako Tsuba - Flowers, Signed

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:300.00 USD
Antique Japanese Shakudo/Nanako Tsuba - Flowers, Signed
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Antique Japanese Shakudo/Nanako Tsuba - Flowers, Signed. Circa early 19th to early 20th Century. Beautiful large oval-shaped shakudo tsuba with a fine nanako surface extending over the rim, decorated with various flowers in high and low relief done in shakudo, silver, and gold. There is a lightly carved 5-character signature in the seppa dai area. Tsuba measures 71mm wide x 78mm tall, with a large nakago ana that was fitted to a big sword with bohi. The flowers have nice detail to the carved features. Condition is very good, the shakudo surface having a dark brown/black color with some mottling. There are a few tiny dings to the high edges and around the rim area that are not too noticeable or detracting, light verdigris inside and on the edge of the nakaga ana, and a couple of tiny spots on the rim area. In deluxe wooden storage box with pillow. Est.: $600-$1,000.