An Iron and Gold-Inlaid Tsuba with Nanban Design
An Iron and Gold-Inlaid Tsuba with Nanban Design

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED ATSUIE AND SEALED

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An Iron and Gold-Inlaid Tsuba with Nanban Design
Edo period (18th century), signed Atsuie and sealed
Oval iron plate dished to the edge and designed with a scene of foreign traders on a ship with a phoenix figurehead rendered in gold nunome
2¾in. (7cm.) long
With Hozon Tosogu (Sword-fitting worthy of preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword)