Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Iron
H.: 7.6; L.: 7.4 cm; Thickness: 6 mm
Tsuba nagamarugata with openwork decoration depicting two whelks and two large abalones.
It is kept in a custom-made wooden storage box bearing the number 22.
N°9 of the “SAMORAÏ” exhibition
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