Sword Guard (Tsuba) Depicting Crickets (鈴虫図鐔)

Japanese

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The plate of this tsuba is finished on both sides with shallow engravings that radiate around the opening for the tang. The obverse depicts two, and the reverse one shibuichi cricket(s). The antenna are of brass and the surface shows a few dew drops of brass and shibuichi. The rim is folded over and one leg of the cricket towards the bottom right is extending into the rim.

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Crickets (鈴虫図鐔), Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) or silver, bronze, copper, Japanese

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Obverse

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Crickets (鈴虫図鐔), Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) or silver, bronze, copper, Japanese
Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Crickets (鈴虫図鐔), Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) or silver, bronze, copper, Japanese

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