An inlaid iron tsuba
By Ryugyokudo Tomonobu, Edo period (19th century)
Circular and dished to the edge and finished with a tsuchime surface carved with bamboo in sukashi-bori and pine and plum in taka-bori and gold and silver taka-zogan, the clouds carved in shishiai-bori and a gold overlaid moon, signed Ryogyokudo Tomonobu
3in (7.5cm) diameter