pierced with stylised decoration of horse fittings and two hitsu-ana (holes for the handles of utility knives) on either side of the nakago-ana (vertical central opening for the sword blade), the nakago-ana with two small copper fillets (sekigane) which help the blade stay fixed in the tsuba, unsigned
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pierced with stylised decoration of horse fittings and two hitsu-ana (holes for the handles of utility knives) on either side of the nakago-ana (vertical central opening for the sword blade), the nakago-ana with two small copper fillets (sekigane) which help the blade stay fixed in the tsuba, unsigned
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Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)