Details
A TACHIKANAGUSHI TSUBA
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1450)
The plate, of unrefined copper (yamagane), is carved in an openwork design of a fourteen-petal chrysanthemum. The surface and edge show hammer marks and filing. The hitsu was cut at a later date--height 7.2cm., width 6.7cm., thickness 3.5mm.
Wood storage box without inscription.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1450)
The plate, of unrefined copper (yamagane), is carved in an openwork design of a fourteen-petal chrysanthemum. The surface and edge show hammer marks and filing. The hitsu was cut at a later date--height 7.2cm., width 6.7cm., thickness 3.5mm.
Wood storage box without inscription.
Provenance
Kazuhiko Inada