Antique Japanese Samurai Iron Tsuba Sword Hilt Ducks and Pine Tansu In all Paul Jacoulet made

In all Paul Jacoulet made only 166 different prints in his lifetime living in Japan

Antique Japanese Wood Carved Statue of Quan-Yin Avalokitishvara Kanon Bodisattva of Compassion Standing Pose with Scroll in Hand

It shows flowers

The lidded top section was used for the storage and use of ink stone brushes

5" in diameter and 1" high

Antique Japanese Samurai Iron Tsuba Sword Hilt Ducks and Pine Tansu In all Paul Jacoulet madeThis is an antique Japanese Meiji period (c. 1868 1912) tsuba (handguard) for a tsuba is made with two thin stamped copper plate sandwiching a thick copper plate. This Tsuba has 4 tagane ato which it would only have if it was a fixed to a blade at some point in the past. It measures about 3 1 4" (8 cm) by 3 1 4" (7. 5 cm) wide and 1 4" (. 5cm) thick. Despite having been lovingly and carefully displayed by 3 generations of collectors, it has some