svarsh Posted July 27, 2014 Report Posted July 27, 2014 This one is made of iron with brass on top and at the bottom. Heavy - 270 g. Size: 71x69x8 mm. Any ideas regarding the time and place it was made? And what's the motif? Thanks in advance, Sergei Quote
Geraint Posted July 27, 2014 Report Posted July 27, 2014 Hi Sergei. A piece is in a museum collection not too far from here which represents a piece of weathered wood, bound at both ends with gold as I recall. Yours reminds me of that but I can't suggest a period. I am sure others will have suggestions. All the best Quote
svarsh Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Posted July 27, 2014 Thank you, Geraint! Seems like I have a similar piece. What's the museum? Do you have a connection there (email address), so I could ask the details? Best, S Quote
Thierry BERNARD Posted July 27, 2014 Report Posted July 27, 2014 this kind of design is common for nara school http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/t ... bark-13590 http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/t ... wood-11741 http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/t ... wood-11752 Quote
Geraint Posted July 27, 2014 Report Posted July 27, 2014 Nice Thierry. Sergei I regret that like many museums the staff are not knowledgeable and not even interested. Their tsuba were part of a collectors legacy and have been largely ignored. For one brief period they had a curator who actually thought that the collection should be accessible to interested parties but alas she is no more. Thierry has supplied good examples for you however. All the best. Quote
Ford Hallam Posted July 28, 2014 Report Posted July 28, 2014 I'm not at all convinced this tsuba is an antique. Apart from the nakago-ana and seki-gane not looking like they were made to do a job those grooves look as though they were made with an angle-grinder. Sorry, but that's my opinion. regards Ford Quote
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