Saotome Kiku Tsuba

Fantastic iron Kiku tsuba. This example is unusually large and completely ubu. It measures 94 mm x 91 mm x 6 mm. Both sides of the tsuba are slightly dished. It is my belief that this tsuba is at least Momoyama and likely Muromachi period work. There is clear evidence of the individual spokes having been installed between the rim and the plate. The rim shows very nice texture and the overall patina is beautiful. This tsuba has not been mounted in a very long time if at all. The patina in the nakagoana is completely uniform with the rest of the tsuba, and there is no deformations to show it was altered for fitting to a sword. The nakagoana is also very large at 11 mm x 31 mm. There are also traces of black lacquer on the surface showing that it was covered at one time. A wonderful addition to a collection and worthy of submission for papers.

$1700.00

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