Shakudo tsuba. Roundish surface deeply chased to resemble mokume. The tsuba shows worm holes. Tsuba-katsura in gold zogan and enamel on both sides. On one side also a cicada fly, enamel. Signature: Hirata Nariyuki Saku. Made by: Hirata Nariyuki
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.69-1912
Primary reference Number: 169019
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Applied Arts
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