Légende

Crossguard tsuba, Mino school, Japanese, Edo period 18th century. Iron round tsuba maru gata with rounded edge maru mimi; ryohitsu ana holes plugged with shakudô alloy and copper sekigane. Decorated on both sides with dense low-relief inlay of brass and silver depicting various flowers with praying mantises, butterflies, and dragonflies. Signed. Diameter 8.3 cm; thickness 0.3 cm., A round metal object with a central rectangular cutout, decorated with intricate floral and leaf patterns in gold and darker metallic tones, showing a few oval dark insets and small areas of reddish-brown on a small central bar; the overall colors visible are gold, dark brown, black, reddish-brown, and gray, set against a plain gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A21_292

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (1.9Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Crossguard tsuba Mino school Japanese Edo period 18th century Iron round tsuba maru gata rounded edge maru mimi ryohitsu ana holes plugged shakudô alloy copper sekigane Decorated sides dense low-relief inlay brass silver depicting various flowers praying mantises butterflies dragonflies Signed Diameter 8.3 cm thickness 0.3 cm round metal object central rectangular cutout decorated intricate floral leaf patterns gold darker metallic tones showing oval dark insets small areas reddish-brown small central bar colors visible dark brown black gray set plain gray background.