Real Or Fake Tsuba Help

[autodex]

What do you think, description reads .Fine Mino-school Japanese Edo 18th C Samurai Antique Tsuba "Treasure ship"

[Rivkin]

Poor quality XIXth century Nagoya-mono at best?

[autodex]

That bad? Jeez, I thought it looked pretty decent...shows how much I know

[Grey Doffin]

I agree with Rivkin: either very low quality Japanese or recent Chinese fake.  Look closely at detail; it doesn't hold up.

And regardless where & when it was made, everyone should strive to collect better.

Grey

[Kurikata]

Just as a matter of comparison:

 

https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1034-1/791-a-goto-style-shibuichi-tsuba-19th-century.html

[Brian]

This one is VERY common. Often genuine, but mass produced. Not sure if this one is just a poor quality version or a fake, but as said, you can do better.

[MauroP]

Hi Steven,

that kind of tsuba could probably get a NBTHK paper as Kyō-Kanagushi. Nontheless they are obviously mass-produced, low level tōsogu.

Similar items have been already extensively discussed here: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/14025-next-best-thing-to-having-nbthk-papers/?hl=kyo-kanagushi

Bye, Mauro