Kagamishi tsuba (鏡帥鐔), with motif of an interlocking geometric pattern termed Sayagata (紗綾形). The rim has been hammered into an uchikaeshi mimi (打返耳). Tsuba is made of yamagane (山銅地) with a nice brown patina, enhanced by remnant black lacquer on the plate. These types of tsuba were very popular in the second half of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Translation of the NBTHK Hozon paper description follows:
紗綾形文鐔 (Sayagata-mon tsuba)
無銘 鏡帥 (Mumei Kagamishi)
竪丸形 山銅地 鋳造 (Tatemaru-gata yamagane-ji chūzō)
Heisei 22nd year (2010) December 22nd
Measurements: 6.7cm x 6.3cm x 0.4cm rim
Azuchi Momoyama Period (安土桃山時代), 16th c.
$900
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