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Tsuba with peach and leaves

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shakudō, tsuba

  • shakudō

    alloy of copper and gold, patinated to a dark blue-black colour

  • 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)

    Copper of rather dingy patina. Thin; almost square, with rounded edges; pierced in negative sihouette with a peach, one of its leaves, and an oval hole; inlaid on both faces wth the stem and four more of the leaves in gold, silver and shakudō wire; back of seppadai stamped with a small signature: Chūyo [Japanese text] or Tadachika [Japanese text].

    H. L. Joly has suggested that this might be Higo work (Group XIII). It is a fine guard, despite the remark about the patina.

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