Légende

Crossguard tsuba, Oval tatemaru-gata tsuba with an irregular edge, surface textured to imitate rock and cut into openwork irregular elongated holes. Inlaid in high relief with a motif of a blooming rose bush, a snail and flying bats. Signed in flat gold inlay: italic character ju naga. 18th century Edo period, 1603–1868, Japan. Tsuba; height 8.0 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 0.5 cm., A roughly circular dark brown metal object with an uneven, pitted surface and irregularly shaped cutouts around its perimeter and center, featuring a central vertical opening flanked by two smooth, oval dark gray insets; a decorative cluster of small gold-colored floral elements is attached on one side, and a small dark gray sculpted element resembling a tiny creature is set into a recess on the opposite side, with visible textures of rust and wear and overall colors including dark brown, dark gray, and gold.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A21_348

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (4.6Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Crossguard tsuba Oval tatemaru-gata tsuba irregular edge surface textured imitate rock cut openwork irregular elongated holes Inlaid high relief motif blooming rose bush snail flying bats Signed flat gold inlay italic character ju naga 18th century Edo period 1603–1868 Japan Tsuba height 8.0 cm width 7.5 cm depth 0.5 cm roughly circular dark brown metal object uneven pitted surface irregularly shaped cutouts perimeter center featuring central vertical opening flanked two smooth oval gray insets decorative cluster small gold-colored floral elements attached side small gray sculpted element resembling tiny creature set recess opposite side visible textures rust wear colors dark brown dark gray gold.