Sword hilt cap kashira, ; decorated with flowers and twigs, grained background, gold and silver inlaid decoration; kashira for katana/saber; Japanese, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868; height 3.6 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 0.8 cm., An oval dark brown object with a textured surface and a raised floral design covering much of its face, the flowers appearing in metallic silver with small accents of metallic gold, flanked on either side by darker brown ridged handles, all set against a uniform medium gray background.
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Sword hilt cap kashira, ; decorated with flowers and twigs, grained background, gold and silver inlaid decoration; kashira for katana/saber; Japanese, Edo period 18th century, 1603–1868; height 3.6 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 0.8 cm., An oval dark brown object with a textured surface and a raised floral design covering much of its face, the flowers appearing in metallic silver with small accents of metallic gold, flanked on either side by darker brown ridged handles, all set against a uniform medium gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A25_196

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Sword hilt cap kashira decorated flowers twigs grained background gold silver inlaid decoration kashira katana saber Japanese Edo period 18th century 1603–1868 height 3.6 cm width 2.0 cm depth 0.8 cm oval dark brown object textured surface raised floral design covering face flowers appearing metallic silver small accents metallic gold flanked side darker brown ridged handles set uniform medium gray background.

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