Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Spider Web on Dead Tree (枯木に蜘蛛の巣図鐔)

Dark gray metal object with a roughly circular shape and wavy edges. The object has two oval-shaped holes on either side of a central elongated oval hole. Small gold lines and a gold spider web pattern are on the surface. The object resembles a tree trunk with rings. A small hole is on the bottom right. Red characters are written vertically on the right side of the central hole. The background is light gray. The object is a sword guard, specifically a tsuba, created by an unknown artist.