Details
An iron tsuba
Edo period (18th century)
The round iron plate pierced with a design of chrysanthemum petals, ginger buds (myoga) and four-lobed scrolls, applied with slight line carving (kebori) on the ginger buds
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Dr. Walter Ames Compton
Previously sold in these Rooms, 31 March 1992, lot 37

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