A matched pair of Japanese inlaid iron abumi
decorated with flower-head roundels and scrolling foliage on one with similar decoration to the flange, and a mythical scrolling dragon on the other, both in bronze -- 11¾in. (29.8cm.) max. long, Edo period, (losses to inlay, old wear).
See Colour Plate 7. (2)
A matched pair of Japanese inlaid iron abumi
decorated with flower-head roundels and scrolling foliage on one with similar decoration to the flange, and a mythical scrolling dragon on the other, both in bronze -- 11¾in. (29.8cm.) max. long, Edo period, (losses to inlay, old wear).
See Colour Plate 7. (2)
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