Description
FIVE TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All iron; the first two Nanban type; the first mokko (four-lobed), minutely chiselled and pierced with foliage, with traces of gold nunome overlay, beaded rim; the second roughly circular, chiselled and pierced with the '100 Monkeys' motif, gilded eyes,...