MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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An Aikuchi Tanto (Dagger)
Meiji period (19th century)
The tanto with pigmented wood scabbard carved in semblance of flowing water, the matching metal fittings of shibuichi with fish, crab, squid, lobster and water plants roundly carved in high relief with details in shakudo and gold inlay, the hilt bound with baleen
37.3cm
Meiji period (19th century)
The tanto with pigmented wood scabbard carved in semblance of flowing water, the matching metal fittings of shibuichi with fish, crab, squid, lobster and water plants roundly carved in high relief with details in shakudo and gold inlay, the hilt bound with baleen
37.3cm
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