Lot 53: Tsuba

Estimate: $300 – $500

Unsigned Kaku maru tsuba (6.9 x 6.7cm), with sukinokoshi mimi (5mm), sentoku plate with high relief carved and inlaid gold, silver, shakudo and dark copper including engraved and carved low relief of the shoreline and waterway depicting geese, bamboo and a figure in a small boat with gold basket, 19th c. The seppa dai is 4mm. Nakago ana is 2.5cm x 0.9cm, the original height (absent the sekigane) is 3cm.