AF25642 Tsuba: Mumei(Unsigned) waterfowl

Tsuba:
Inscription: Mumei(unsigned)

Dimensions: 7.36cm x 6.63cm (2.90 in x 2.61 in)
Thickness of center: 0.29cm (0.11 in)
Weight: 76g

Era: the Edo period
Features: A rounded square iron tsuba with shigure-yasuri, diagonal file marks representing falling rain, carved with a design of reed grass and a waterfowl holding a small fish in its beak, decorated with iroe inlay.
Dew on the leaves is expressed with dot inlay, and the rim is fitted with a silver fukurin (rim cover).

In Kiri box
Aoi Art estimation paper