Ornamental dough with a hilt mounted in sawasa, The hilt is mounted in sawasa and consists of a molded, ajour-worked baffle plate with black and gilt foliage with heads of samples around panels with plum blossom twigs in bas-relief on a gilt fish skin-like surface, repeated on the other parts of the hilt, the wooden handle is clad in steel and wound with twisted copper wire and has silver braided grip rings on the top and bottom. The holding triangular cross-section of the blade changes in the shape of a diamond in the direction of the tip, the blade is etched with trophies, trellis work and rococo curly work, Japan, anonymous, 1700 - 1725 and/or 1775 - 1799, gilding (material), wood (plant material), steel (alloy), silver (metal), gilding, l 93.3 cm l 78.2 cm × w 1.45 cm
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Ornamental dough, hilt mounted, sawasa, hilt, mounted, consists, molded, ajour-worked baffle plate, black, gilt foliage, heads, samples, panels, plum blossom twigs, bas-relief, gilt fish skin- surface, repeated, parts, wooden handle, clad, steel, wound, twisted copper wire, black-and-white braided grip rings, top, bottom, holding triangular cross-section, blade changes, shape, diamond, direction, tip, blade, etched, trophies, trellis work, rococo curly work, Japan, 1700, 1725, 1775, 1799, gilding, material, wood, plant material, alloy, black-and-white, metal
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