Lot Essay
This style of guard has traditionally been attributed to the Mino School, but research has shown that Soten may possibly be a better attribution.
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A GOOD SHAKUDO AND GILT SOTEN TSUBA
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Oval and with a thin, sharp rim in imitation of a fukurin, the guard is carved with massed flowers in gilt and shakudo, unsigned, height 7.1 cm
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Oval and with a thin, sharp rim in imitation of a fukurin, the guard is carved with massed flowers in gilt and shakudo, unsigned, height 7.1 cm