An iron tsuba By Iwai Yoshimichi, early 19th century
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An iron tsuba
By Iwai Yoshimichi, early 19th century
The thin plate of rounded rectangular form, pierced in the manner of Nobuie with a waterwheel among engraved waves, signed Iwai Yoshimichi.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Sold for £437 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 鍔　水輪透に波　銘「岩井吉道」　19世紀前期

    For the maker, who produced tsuba in the style of Nobuie and was a mounter of blades, see Haynes, Index, no.H11831.

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