AF25620 Tsuba: Mumei(unsigned)(Ko-Shoami)(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)

Tsuba:(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)
Inscription: Mumei(unsigned)(Ko-Shoami)

Dimensions: 6.85 cm × 6.48 cm (2.70 in × 2.55 in)
Thickness of center: 0.44 cm (0.17 in)
Weight: 58g

Era: the Muromachi period, 16th entury
Features: An iron tsuba with openwork carving of gourds oriented in four directions. The Shoami were a school of metalworkers based in Kyoto that flourished from the late Muromachi period to the end of the Edo period. Works from the early period are referred to as Ko-Shoami (Old Shoami).

In Kiri box
NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper