Null Set of six tetsu tsuba : 

- nagamaru gata with decoration on both sides of…
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Set of six tetsu tsuba : - nagamaru gata with decoration on both sides of dragons deployed in the clouds, H. 6.4 cm ; - nagamaru gata with sukashi decoration of lotus leaves, signed, H. 7,2 cm ; - nagamaru gata with hirabori decoration of a samurai on a galloping horse on one side, pine trees and waves on the other, H. 6,2 cm ; - nagamaru gata with undulation decoration, signed, H. 7,2 cm ; - maru gata with sukashi decoration of dragons in the clouds, H. 8 cm ; - nagamaru gata with hira bori decoration of a scholar in a mountainous landscape, H. 7.3 cm. JAPAN, EDO period and earlier.

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Set of six tetsu tsuba : - nagamaru gata with decoration on both sides of dragons deployed in the clouds, H. 6.4 cm ; - nagamaru gata with sukashi decoration of lotus leaves, signed, H. 7,2 cm ; - nagamaru gata with hirabori decoration of a samurai on a galloping horse on one side, pine trees and waves on the other, H. 6,2 cm ; - nagamaru gata with undulation decoration, signed, H. 7,2 cm ; - maru gata with sukashi decoration of dragons in the clouds, H. 8 cm ; - nagamaru gata with hira bori decoration of a scholar in a mountainous landscape, H. 7.3 cm. JAPAN, EDO period and earlier.

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