TSUBA Japan, Edo period (1603-1868) Sentoku, silver, gold

TSUBA
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Sentoku, silver, gold
H.: 7.7; L.: 7.7 cm; Thickness: 3 mm

Tsuba nagamarugata representing a rider inlaid with gold, crossing a bridge on stilts, a flowering branch whose trunk is engraved on the reverse, overhangs it.
Seppa dai signed: Yokoya Soyo.
It is kept in a bespoke wooden storage box bearing the number 20.

N°14 of the “SAMORAÏ” exhibition
Ref.: 2257
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