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Description: | Sword guard, called a tsuba, made of iron with pierced decoration in the form of 3 crickets and inlaid with a green veined stone, possibly malachite. Traces of gold - an overlay rubbed on. Possibly HIrata School - the only one to use inlay, although usually enamel, not stone. Without additions of stones could be Choshu School.
Technique: pierced
Technique: inlay
Material: metal
Material: iron
Material: stone
tsuba made in Japan, Asia, (1918.47/71). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.26503 | Go to resource |
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