Hand guard, irregularly shaped tsuba consisting of two C 's with their open sides facing each other, these are filled with an openwork decoration of dragons amidst stylized tendrils, at the edges above and below the central opening and to the left and right of it faces of strange creatures, the VOC monogram has been processed twice on both sides., anonymous, Japan, 1600 - 1900, brass (alloy), h 7.9 cm × w 7.4 cm
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Hand guard, irregularly shaped tsuba consisting, two C 's, open sides facing, filled, openwork decoration, dragons amidst stylized tendrils, edges, central opening, left, right, faces, strange creatures, VOC monogram, processed twice, sides, Japan, 1600, 1900, brass, alloy
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