Kinko Tsuba, Unknown Age Or School

[lonely panet]

Hi guys,

 

well I have this sword, and on this sword is a tsuba, but Im at abit of a loss as to the age and school

 

its a early looking design with some signs of urushi in the corners. its missing some silver inserts on the mimi (which I think is to be bamboo) but it looks way to good to be that old (was thinking sengoku, with boars eyes/maybe tachi )

 

can I please ask for your ideas. bady is either copper or yamagane

 

 

[Dojikiri]

It looks like a yamagane Tachi-kanagushi tsuba maybe late Muromachi or Momoyama, it is a pity the o-seppa are missing as it is good quality tachi tsuba, 

 

Alan

[Curran]

I think it is much later in Edo than that. It may be missing the plates that go front and back over it, often engraved with some design.

[Gordon Sanders]

I think it is much later in Edo than that. It may be missing the plates that go front and back over it, often engraved with some design.

I was thinking the same thing Curran, as just a neophyte observer. It seemed that something large is missing

[Marius]

Looks like late Edo/Bakumatsu revival tsuba. Still, if it were. it would a nice example of how revival stuff differed from the original. Nice in any case.

[lonely panet]

thanks guys, please delete