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A group of four soft metal tsuba
Edo period (19th century)
A group of four soft metal tsuba comprising: a cruciform mokko shaped copper tsuba with flowering plum, chrysanthemums, grasses, heron, deer, swimming fish, butterflies inlayed in silver, gold, and colored metal: a mokko shape shakudo tsuba with flowers, insects, and grasses in high relief with gilt details: a rounded iron tsuba with autumnal flowers in high relief, gilt details: a mokko shakudo nanako tsuba with chrysanthemums in a basket on a cart inlaid in gold and colored soft-metal, a gilt dragon encircling the rim.
each 2.75 in. (6.99 cm.) approximately
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