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Iron and Shakudo Wheel Tsuba SOLD ant_tsuba2
Interesting and well done katana sized tsuba of a cart wheel with bamboo spokes and what look to be kamons. The piercing and sculpting is delicate and skillfully done. The iron plate has a nice patina throughout and the edge has a shakudo fukurin installed making a nice addition to the design. Sometimes fukurin are installed after a tsuba was sized down at the rim, thus covering the evidence of the trimming. However based on the overall design composition, I think the rim was originally by design. Your guess is as good as mine on school, but I guess we can always be safe with sticking a label of “shoami” on it. Measures: 76 mm x 76 mm x 4.5 mm |
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