Tsuba: Plum tree
Signature/mei: unsigned/mumei
Material: iron
Era/jidai: late Edo
Dimension: 8.5 cm x 7.18 cm x 0.46 cm (rim)
No papers
No box
Price: not available
This tsuba has a special form based on mokko with some additional “symmetrical dents” which is not seen very often. Tsuba are mostly round, mokko or in an irregular form. On the nice iron plate, a plume tree in engraved. The open and closed blossoms are decorated in iore with silver and gold. If you select the large pictures, you can really see the details and enjoy the bold carvings. Two hitsu ana.