A Tanaka-School Tsuba
Edo Period (19th Century), with kao
Irregularly-shaped iron plate with a bronze ishime surface on the web, the rim raised and silvered on the inside edge in a stylized representation of a wave, the web designed with a large anchor encrusted with rust and coral, with seashells and flying sea birds and a silver-inlaid moon, the reverse with crashing waves in silver and gold and branches of coral in sunken relief
2 5/8in. (6.8cm.)
A Tanaka-School Tsuba
Edo Period (19th Century), with kao
Irregularly-shaped iron plate with a bronze ishime surface on the web, the rim raised and silvered on the inside edge in a stylized representation of a wave, the web designed with a large anchor encrusted with rust and coral, with seashells and flying sea birds and a silver-inlaid moon, the reverse with crashing waves in silver and gold and branches of coral in sunken relief
2 5/8in. (6.8cm.)
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