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Lobed tsuba with florets

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tsuba

  • tsuba

    Japanese sword guard.

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The A.H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba) by Albert James Koop

    The A. H. Church Collection of Japanese Sword-Guards (Tsuba)

    Bronze of coppery patina. 16-lobed; each face divided by radial incised lines into as many florets; the ground heavily and irregularly punched with a large "broken-headed" tool; on each side of the seppadai a large irregular perforation with engrailed edges, recalling a chrysanthemum leaf, one trimmed to serve as kozuka-hole.

    Hawkshaw Collection, no.284 ("Shōami work").

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