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Thursday 12 December 2024 e Friday 13 December 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A tsuba with rare Kirishitan symbol, Edo Period (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 1.063

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

dimensions 7.3 x 7.5 cm.
Made of iron, of nade-kaku-gata shape for a katana. With a depiction of a nana-sen (western sailing ship) and with partially gold-inlaid decorations. On one side seppe-dai, on the rar part of tsuba is a rare depiction of a kakure Kirishitan cross (as in the Edo period Christianity was banned as a religion in part of Japan, and in the seppa-dai side the mark is more hidden). Kept in a kiri-box.