Beautiful large & fine iron Katana Tsuba

Motif design : Fan’s

School : Umetada

Jidai (era) : early to mid-Edo period, 17th / 18th century

Material : well forged carved fine iron plate with fine sukashi

mix with gold & silver inlay’s / overlay’s & a rich & deep dark choicolate brown patina

+ a beautiful rope design dark black shakudo fukurin around the edge + black shakudo insert’s

Good workmanship with fine details

Sizes : 3-1/4″ x 3-3/16″ x 4.6 mm thick at edge