art-of-swords:Tachi SwordDated: 17th centuryCulture: JapaneseMeasurements: overall length 101 cmThe
art-of-swords:Tachi SwordDated: 17th centuryCulture: JapaneseMeasurements: overall length 101 cmThe sword was designed and made for wear at the Imperial Court. It features a gilt scabbard with brass mounts, finely engraved and carved with racemes, tsuka with fish-skin covering, ending in a big hilt depicting an in-the-round bird. The streaked, gilt, lacquered saya has with brass mounts decorated en suite, complete with painted loops.Source: Copyright © 2016 Czerny’s International Auction House S.R.L. -- source link