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THE FIRST WITH SIGNATURE JOI AND GILT SEAL THE SECOND UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN IRON TSUBA and A COPPER TSUBA
The first with signature Joi and gilt seal the second unsigned, Edo Period (19th century)
The first a rounded square tsuba formed as a box containing Daruma inlaid in copper and shibuichi takazogan balancing a toy on his finger, shakudo and gilt details, the second a broad oval copper plate with four kawara [roof-tiles], a main ridge-tile in the form of the face of a fierce oni, another on the face and two broken ones on the reverse
7.6cm. and 7.7cm. respectively (2)
The first with signature Joi and gilt seal the second unsigned, Edo Period (19th century)
The first a rounded square tsuba formed as a box containing Daruma inlaid in copper and shibuichi takazogan balancing a toy on his finger, shakudo and gilt details, the second a broad oval copper plate with four kawara [roof-tiles], a main ridge-tile in the form of the face of a fierce oni, another on the face and two broken ones on the reverse
7.6cm. and 7.7cm. respectively (2)
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