Bird feeder

[TYPE]
Tsuba : a sword guard

[ARTIST NAME AND SCHOOL]
Attributed to Nishigaki school

[AREA OF ORIGIN]
Higo province

[PERIOD]
Mid Edo period

[SIZE]
Length : 82.5 mm
Width : 77 mm
Thickness at seppadai : 3.9 mm

[STYLE]
Tetsu tsuchime ji tatemaru gata horikomi zogan kosukashi