˜AN IVORY TACHI, MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1860

˜AN IVORY TACHI, MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1860 Sugata (configuration): A wakizashi blade, shinogi-zukuri with ko-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Not visible due to condition Hamon (tempering pattern): Gunome-midare visible through bad scuffing Boshi (tip): Unavailable due to condition Nakago (tang): Not available Nagasa (length): Overall length 78.1 cm Koshirae: deeply carved Buddhist figures throughout in an overgrown background, the grip and saya finely carved in low relief with a vertical arrangement of pastoral scenes (loops missing)