AN OVAL IRON TSUBA, a charging boar bearing a shakudo and gilt gohei on a tsuchime ground, the reverse with bonji in kebori, signed Sadayuki saku, the reverse with an inscription Bu-un Chokyu Mamori, 19th century

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AN OVAL IRON TSUBA, a charging boar bearing a shakudo and gilt gohei on a tsuchime ground, the reverse with bonji in kebori, signed Sadayuki saku, the reverse with an inscription Bu-un Chokyu Mamori, 19th century
8.2cm.

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Kaiun Sadayuki was a swordsmith of Kaga province, his tsuba usually depicted toads on a convex plate

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