A Mito school Tsuba, Japan, 19th century. The hammered iron surface of mokko-gata is decorated with a shishi next to a rock with peonies in raised iro-e taka-zogan. Both hitsu-ana filled in with shakudo, mumei. Height: 8.6 cm.
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