Japanese tsuba, oval in shape (W76xH80.5xD4mm), cast in iron, kozuka at left of tang hole, design featuring flowers and vines both sides, this design recessed and brass filled, on the reverse some of the filling now missing, unsigned, together with an NTHK-NPO Kanteisho Koshirae origami (judgement certificate) and in a kiri box. Apart from the missing filling mentioned above, good fine.
N(ihon) T(oken) H(ozon) K(ai) - NPO Kanteisho Koshirae origami (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword - Non Profit Organisation, Authentic Sword Fittings judgement certificate).
($270-300)