THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The first pierced and carved with a grotesque face, with the character makoto (sincerity) inlaid in silver on the reverse; the second aori-gata (saddle-flap shaped) with a horse beneath the clod-covered moon carved in high relief with gilt details; the third with two puppies in high relief inlay with gilt details
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter, the first
THREE JAPANESE IRON TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The first pierced and carved with a grotesque face, with the character makoto (sincerity) inlaid in silver on the reverse; the second aori-gata (saddle-flap shaped) with a horse beneath the clod-covered moon carved in high relief with gilt details; the third with two puppies in high relief inlay with gilt details
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter, the first
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