Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
Sentoku, silver, gold
H.: 7.7; L.: 7.7 cm; Ep.: 3 mm
Tsuba nagamarugata representing a rider inlaid with gold, crossing a bridge on stilts, a flowering branch whose trunk is engraved on the reverse, overhangs it.
Seppa dai signed: Yokoya Soyo.
It is kept in a custom-made wooden storage box bearing the number 20.
N°14 of the “SAMORAÏ” exhibition
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