Product No. TSU-2972 無銘 | |
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Design | Ants |
Mei | Mumei, but probably the Myochin school |
Material | Iron with details in gold |
Shape | Mokko |
Era | Late Edo Period |
Box | Paulownia wood |
Height | 8.5 cm (3.4 in) |
Width | 8.2 cm (3.2 in) |
Thickness | 0.4 cm (0.2 in) |
Price |
SOLD |
The surface is filed with Amida file[阿弥陀鑢・sunray file], the thick rim is filed with Shino file[篠鑢・vertical file], and skillfully inlaid colored ants are placed near the ant colony. This tsuba is probably of the Myochin school[明珍派], and shows the skill of the armor maker. |