A very nice & very attractive old iron Akasaka Tsuba

Tsuba looks like a piece of dark chocolate, very nice & sweet !

Jidai (era) : Edo period 18th / 19th C.

School : Akasaka

Paper / certificate : NBTHK-Tokubetsu-Kitcho

Motif design : cell-boat & anchor

Material : fine iron, well forged & carved good iron plate in sukashi,

with a very nice & well executed fine carving design in sukashi,

with a rich & deep lustrous dark chocolate-brown patina with very nice details.

Sizes : 72.12 mm x 70.30 mm x 5.07 mm thick