Sword hilt cap kashira, ; decorated with flowers and twigs, grained background, gold and silver inlaid decoration; Japanese, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868; for katana; kashira; height 3.6 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 0.8 cm., A small oval dark object rests on a smooth gray surface, showing a textured top with raised floral clusters in dark bluish-gray and small metallic gold accents; the object has a narrow horizontal opening on one side edged in a darker tone, and its underside casts a soft reflection on the surface, while the surrounding area is uniform gray.
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Sword hilt cap kashira, ; decorated with flowers and twigs, grained background, gold and silver inlaid decoration; Japanese, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868; for katana; kashira; height 3.6 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 0.8 cm., A small oval dark object rests on a smooth gray surface, showing a textured top with raised floral clusters in dark bluish-gray and small metallic gold accents; the object has a narrow horizontal opening on one side edged in a darker tone, and its underside casts a soft reflection on the surface, while the surrounding area is uniform gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A25_195

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Keywords

Sword hilt cap kashira decorated flowers twigs grained background gold silver inlaid decoration Japanese Edo period 18th century 1603–1868 katana kashira height 3.6 cm width 2.0 cm depth 0.8 cm small oval dark object rests smooth gray surface showing textured top raised floral clusters dark bluish-gray small metallic gold accents object narrow horizontal opening side edged darker tone underside casts soft reflection surface surrounding area uniform gray.

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