Tsuba: Kagezakuramon – Modern
Signature/mei: unsigned/mumei (Lorenzo Amati)
Material: Iron, ji-sukashi, mokko gata
Era/jidai: Modern ca. 2014
Dimension: 7.7 cm x 7.76 cm x 0.52
Custom kiri box with artist seal,
inner fabrik in blue-green “rokusho” (緑青)
Price: €650 / $720
Lorenzo Amati, a pupil of Ford Hallam, made this modern interpretation of a mokko shaped ji–sukashi tsuba with sakura design. Two hitsu ana, copper sekigane in a custom handmade box with very nice fabric..
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Here are some impressions of the tsuba:
(Copyright by Lorenzo Amati)