A ROUND IRON TSUBA, depicting a Chinese sennin on a tsuchime ground, gilt details, Aizu Shoami work, 19th century, 8.2cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved as a cave in which sits a Chinese sage reading a scroll, details in shakudo, silver and gilt, with signature Shozui, 19th century, 7.9cm.; an oval iron tsuba, carved within the broad rim with dragons and a jewel among interlaced tendrils, the dragons, jewel and rim in gold nunomezogan, Hizen province, 19th century, 7.8cm.; and an oval iron tsuba pierced with six roundels containing gilt kiku and minogame, the plate decorated with scrolling tendrils in silver nunomezogan, late 17th/early 18th century, 7.6cm.

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A ROUND IRON TSUBA, depicting a Chinese sennin on a tsuchime ground, gilt details, Aizu Shoami work, 19th century, 8.2cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved as a cave in which sits a Chinese sage reading a scroll, details in shakudo, silver and gilt, with signature Shozui, 19th century, 7.9cm.; an oval iron tsuba, carved within the broad rim with dragons and a jewel among interlaced tendrils, the dragons, jewel and rim in gold nunomezogan, Hizen province, 19th century, 7.8cm.; and an oval iron tsuba pierced with six roundels containing gilt kiku and minogame, the plate decorated with scrolling tendrils in silver nunomezogan, late 17th/early 18th century, 7.6cm.
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