An Iron Tsuba
An Iron Tsuba

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SASAYAMA TOKUOKI SAKU [SASAYAMA TOKUOKI (1813-1891)]

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An Iron Tsuba
Edo period (19th century), signed Sasayama Tokuoki saku [Sasayama Tokuoki (1813-1891)]
An iron tachi-form tsuba decorated with a snarling tiger near a waterfall on the front and a monkey peering out from behind a pine tree near a stream rendered in gold, silver, copper and shibuichi inlays and carved in relief on the iron plate
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long

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