THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA

THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA
PROBABLY MUROMACHI (1333-1573)

8.3cm max. (3)

WITHOUT RESERVE

Two with prunus flowers rendered in openwork, the third with a dense copper-inlaid decoration of the stylised seaweed mogusa (Artemisia moxa).

Illustrated: the tsuba with mogusa illustrated and discussed in G D Murtha, Japanese Sword Guards, Art of War, p.99.