Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Sword Guard (Tsuba) by artist unknown. A circular, dark grey metal object. The object has a flat face and rounded edges. It features a central design with two openings: one oval on the left, and one shaped like an upside-down teardrop on the right. The openings are surrounded by raised floral patterns, with gold inlays on some petals. The background of the object is decorated with more floral patterns. Small, vertical Japanese characters are engraved on the left side of the object between the openings. Red numbers are written vertically on the right side.