A group of eight Japanese pierced iron and metal tsuba

A group of eight Japanese pierced iron and metal tsuba 刀镡一组八件 Edo period 江户

Including an oval example pierced with "snowflakes", signed Kōfu jū Ito Toshinaga, a round example pierced and carved with a multitude of monkeys, a lobed axample with insects among grasses, another with three fans, three with fine radiating spokes.

(L: 3 1/8 in. (largest))

Qty: (8)

Property from a Private Collection, New York