Lot Essay
The style of the kao and the characteristic surface treatment indicate that this tsuba is the work of one of the artists of the Tanaka school.
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A TANAKA SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), WITH KAO
The rectangular, iron plate in hamadashi size for a tanto mounting is four-lobed, round-cornered and has a raised and rounded rim and edge. The surface is carved and hammered in a stone finish. The edge is carved with a tortoise-shell pattern. On the reverse a kao is carved to the lower left of the central opening--height 5.2cm., width 4.0cm., thickness 5.25mm.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1850), WITH KAO
The rectangular, iron plate in hamadashi size for a tanto mounting is four-lobed, round-cornered and has a raised and rounded rim and edge. The surface is carved and hammered in a stone finish. The edge is carved with a tortoise-shell pattern. On the reverse a kao is carved to the lower left of the central opening--height 5.2cm., width 4.0cm., thickness 5.25mm.