Two artisans, one tsuba?

[Dan tsuba]

Hello all!

 

So, I recently purchased the below pictured tsuba.  It has a carved dragon at the top, what appears to be a shachi dragon fish (on the left), and another design on the lower right of the tsuba (I don’t know what that represents).  Both ura and omote side of the tsuba have the same carved motif.  I personally find that somewhat rare in a tsuba.  But what I find of major interest is that I believe two different artisans worked on this tsuba. 

 

The carving on the ura side is deep and appears well done.  The carving on the omote side is shallower and is not as well done.  There are also some differences to both carvings (flowers, dragon’s eyes, shachi dragon’s fish mouth, scales on the dragons, and other things).

 

I was wondering if anyone has encountered this possibility of two different artisans working on one tsuba?  Thoughts, opinions, and pictures would be greatly appreciated.

 

With respect,

Dan

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[Brian]

I guess the general opinion is...no idea