Hand guard, Irregularly shaped tsuba with surface in wood imitation, around which a silver snake coils, ivy vines in gold inlays on both sides, signed 'munemasa'., Munemasa Shinoda (possibly), Japan, 1800 - 1900, Edo-period (1600-1868) / Meiji-period (1868-1912), iron (metal), gold (metal), silver (metal), h 9.0 cm × w 8.7 cm × d 1.5 cm
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Hand guard, Irregularly shaped tsuba, surface, wood imitation, black-and-white snake coils, ivy vines, gold inlays, sides, signed 'munemasa, Munemasa Shinoda, Japan, 1800, 1900, Edo-period, 1600-1868, Meiji-period, 1868-1912, iron, metal, gold, black-and-white
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