ANTIQUE JAPANESE SWORD TSUBA AIZU SHOAMI -EXCELLENT LARGE EXAMPLE - Early EDO

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ANTIQUE JAPANESE SWORD TSUBA AIZU SHOAMI -EXCELLENT LARGE EXAMPLE - Early EDO:
$274.20

An opporthnity to acquire an superb large example of an early Edo AIZU SHOAMI TSUBA which has been in a private collection and now offered for sale.The hammered surface has exquisit gold,copper and silver inlaid ant like creatures burrowing into and emerging from the opposit surface side.A further point of interest on this TSUBA are the two rare Tsuba-dome-Ana holes below the nakago-Ana , a feature rarely seen on later examples and usually only found on early Edo examples, such as this one.Comes with signed wooden box.Size:Height 9 cm
Width 8.5cm
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