Caption

Crossguard tsuba, sword crossguard, namban style, openwork, flowers, openwork plant tendril karakusa with two sacred jewels tama woven into it and four mantis heads seen from the front. Egg-shaped tsuba with a separated edge and decorated with pearling; rectangular seppa dai decorated in low relief with a stylised volute ornament. Not signed. 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868, Japan. Tsuba; height 6.5 cm, width 5.8 cm, depth 0.35 cm., An oval metallic object with an openwork lattice pattern and a raised beaded rim, shown against a light gray background; the metal appears dark gray with areas of lighter gray and small touches of gold; the lattice contains a central rectangular opening flanked by two rounded openings and decorated with stylized animal or bird figures and floral-like motifs integrated into the filigree.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_055

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (5.0Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crossguard tsuba sword crossguard namban style openwork flowers openwork plant tendril karakusa two sacred jewels tama woven four mantis heads front Egg-shaped tsuba separated edge decorated pearling rectangular seppa dai decorated low relief stylised volute ornament signed 18th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Tsuba height 6.5 cm width 5.8 cm depth 0.35 cm oval metallic object openwork lattice pattern raised beaded rim shown light gray background metal dark gray areas lighter gray small touches gold lattice contains central rectangular opening flanked two rounded openings stylized animal bird figures floral- motifs integrated filigree.