Tsuba: Hotei and his bag with karako
Signature/mei: Rin Hayashi
Material: iron
Era/jidai: late Edo
Dimension: 8.26 cm x 7.62 cm x 0.41 cm
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Price: not available
This tsuba has a strong and very evenly smooth forged iron plate. The form is mokko with one kozuka hitsu ana. The design “Hotei with karako and treasure bag” is carved out of the iron plate. Hotei and karako also have some gold and silver iroe. On the ura side a walking stick is inlayed in copper together with a fan.
