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Tsuba, Iron, gold and silver inlay, This iron tsuba is aori (oval) in shape and has a koniku mimi (slightly raised square outer rim). Chunikubori (medium high relief) carving with Kin nunome zogan (hatching inlaid with gold) shows a design with hoshiami (drying fish nets). Birds fly under the moon., At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished)., Japan, mid- 19th century, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Tsuba.
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Tsuba, Iron, gold and silver inlay, This iron tsuba is aori (oval) in shape and has a koniku mimi (slightly raised square outer rim). Chunikubori (medium high relief) carving with Kin nunome zogan (hatching inlaid with gold) shows a design with hoshiami (drying fish nets). Birds fly under the moon., At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished)., Japan, mid- 19th century, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Tsuba
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Image size:
5173 x 4902 px | 72.5 MB
Print size:
43.8 x 41.5 cm | 17.2 x 16.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AORI • BIRDS FLY UNDER • BURNISHED • CARVING • CENTER • CHUNIKUBORI • DECORATIVE ARTS • DESIGN • DRYING FISH NETS • FLAT OVAL AREA • FORMS (GEOMETRIC) • GOLD • GOLD, ALL • GOLDEN • GOLDSMITH • HATCHING INLAID • HOSHIAMI • IRON (METAL) • IRON TSUBA • IRON • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KIN NUNOME ZOGAN • KONIKU MIMI • LUNA • MEDIUM HIGH RELIEF • METALWORK • METALWORKS • MID-19TH CENTURY • MIGAKI • MOON • NAKAGO-ANA • OPENING • OVAL • SEPPADAI • SHAPE • SILVER INLAY • SLIGHTLY RAISED SQUARE OUTER RIM • SURROUNDING • SWORD PASSES • TSUBA
