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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Soki, post: 9413145, member: 79556&quot;]Hi folks,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this is a handle/hilt/tsuka of a japanese short sword? and I‘d like to know more about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s definitely antique and probably dates back to the Meiji-era (1868 to 1912), late 19th century, but thats only a guess.</p><p>Made of ivory and presumably carved out of one piece, very three-dimensional and sculptural.</p><p>It’s about 15cm long, weighs ~174g and has a circumference of ~13.5cm.</p><p>There’s many obvious and some subtle symbolism / storytelling, but I cannot decode anything. The dragon and the strange wolf-bear-dog creature catched my „western“ eye.</p><p>On the Inside there’s hard wood and residue of skin/bone glue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would love to hear your opinion and thought on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a lot,</p><p><br /></p><p>Simon</p><p>[ATTACH=full]431649[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431652[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431655[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431660[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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