Is this tsuba ok?

[GoldenDrachen]

Hi everyone!

 

I am looking at the purchase of my first tsuba. I am interested in this particular one offered for sale.

 

My questions are:

 

1. Is everything ok with this one? work and signature?

2. Might be a silly question: What is the realistic price of that piece? - I understand that some items cost as much as a person wishes to pay for it, but often collectible items have a very definite price tag.

 

 

Thank you in advance

[Bugyotsuji]

【刀剣ワールド】寒山拾得図鍔 銘 常重 (touken-world.jp)

There's one to compare it against.

 

This one has perhaps more similarities.

鍾馗図鐔　常重　Ｔｓｕｎｅｓｈｉｇｅ　Ｔｓｕｂａ - 鐔鑑賞記 by Zenzai (goo.ne.jp)

[GoldenDrachen]

3 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said:

【刀剣ワールド】寒山拾得図鍔 銘 常重 (touken-world.jp)

There's one to compare it against.

 

Does the place of signature matter?

To me, the way the  mei is made, quite similar. I mean chisel strokes. Or am I wrong?

[Bugyotsuji]

I think you are looking critically in the right kind of way. 

[Kurikata]

Hi,

 

You can google "tsuneshige 常重 tsuba" and compare. This tsuba looks fine to me!

[Infinite_Wisdumb]

Motif of Guan Gong (AKA Guan Yu) from the Three Kingdoms Saga

[GoldenDrachen]

1 hour ago, Infinite_Wisdumb said:

Motif of Guan Gong (AKA Guan Yu) from the Three Kingdoms Saga

Thank you! I wasn't sure about the motif 

[GoldenDrachen]

3 hours ago, Kurikata said:

Hi,

 

You can google "tsuneshige 常重 tsuba" and compare. This tsuba looks fine to me!

Thanks for the tip! I have a lot info googled up now. 

[Grey Doffin]

Except for very late pieces (late Edo, Meiji, and later), there should be little or none of the design on the seppa dai. Late pieces were made as art or to sell to western tourists, not as a functional part of the sword. This makes the tsuba in question less desirable in my eyes.

Grey

[Stephen]

That said it had been mounted

By the shadow of a seppa.

I like it very much.

[Spartancrest]

Wow if this is your first tsuba purchase you have luck on your side and good taste! There would be plenty of people waiting to be second inline if you don't want it. 

[1kinko]

It depends on the price. The face is not very convincingly modeled to show any emotion, the beard isn’t at all realistic, and the vertical post on the back side isn’t vertical. I don’t know your budget but I’d save my money and look around some more.

[Spartancrest]

There are three in the Metropolitan Museum of Art  No. 91.1.784   -    91.1.803   -   2008.465

All signed Tsuneshige.

 

[Kurikata]

One of my Tsuneshige

[GoldenDrachen]

Thank you all guys for the input.

I didn't take this one.

Considering all advices, I have skipped.

Just for the information, this one was sold at the auction in Germany for 570€ this is the hammer price. Final price will be around €720.