Tsuba-20

製品番号 Product No.

TS – 20.

項目種類 Item type

鍔 Tsuba.

銘 MEI 

無銘 MUMEI.

形状 Shape.

撫丸形 Nada Maru gata.

画像 Image.

Carps/Koi’s are forming a oval composition by swimming one behind the other and biting each other in the tail.

時代 Era

江戸時代 Edo period.

日付 Date

ca.1800.

鐔 Tsuba

身長  Height: 71.50mm

幅 Width: 69.5mm

厚さ Thickness: 4.9mm

重さWeigth:84gr

物質  Material.

技法 Technique.

日本美術刀剣保存協会           NBTHK Certificate

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他の証明書                                   Other certificate

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状態 Status

良い Good

追加情報                              Additional Information

The carp are craved in high relief from the plate. The iron surface bears a good patina of age.

Example of similar tsuba can be found in the Bonhams catalog: “Arts of the Samurai”, see item 1170.

Auction date: Monday 27 October 2014, location New York.

歴史 History

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