Two beautiful inlaid iron tsuba

[Steve Waszak]

Next up from the collection I'm assisting my friend in moving are two beautiful iron tsuba, one inlaid with brass in a quite, tasteful design, and the other presenting with a "splashy" display of foliage (maple leaves) in brass and perhaps silver on one side, and then, fascinatingly, with an entirely unanticipated and sophisticated geometric arrangement of linear elements.  I have never seen another tsuba with such a starkly different aesthetic expression from one side to the other.  The interior elements appear to be brass, while those on the periphery are silver(?).  Unfortunately, there is a bit of inlay loss in the outlining of the seppa-dai on one side.  There being no hitsuana in either tsuba helps with the strength of the design and expression in both sword guards.  

 

The nagamaru tsuba features a triple tomoe motif, with inlaid kiri-mon on the heads of each tomoe.  All of the brass is intact on each side, and the iron appears to be very finely forged.  A highly appealing tsuba, in my view.     Dimensions are 7.9 cm x 7.5 cm x 3.5mm.  $475.00 plus shipping.  PayPal Friends and Family preferred.  

 

The other tsuba has a slight goishi-gata shape, being only about 2.5mm at the rim (approximately 3.5mm at the nakago-ana).  This tsuba measures 8.2 cm and is close to perfectly marugata.  Two udenuki-ana are present.  $475.00 plus shipping.  PayPal friends and family preferred.  

 

 

[Steve Waszak]

[Steve Waszak]

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[Steve Waszak]

Update:  I spoke to the friend whom I'm helping to move some tsuba so he can reorganize his collecting focus, and we agreed that the asking prices on these two tsuba should come down.  So, each is now offered at $325.00, plus shipping.    

[Mushin]

Steve. DM on its way.

[Steve Waszak]

The triple tomoe tsuba with brass inlaid kikumon motif has SOLD.