A circular iron tsuba | Signed Goto Mitsuyoshi | Edo period, 19th century

The Property of an American Gentleman

A circular iron tsuba

Signed Goto Mitsuyoshi

Edo period, 19^th century

the shakudo nanako plate, carved in low and high relief and inlaid in gold, silver and various soft metals with a deer amongst autumnal grasses and field chrysanthemum (nogiku), beneath a full moon partially veiled with clouds, the reverse with further grasses and nogiku

7.4 cm., 3 in. diam.