Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Dark brown metal sword guard with rounded rectangular shape and wavy gold speckled border. Eight birds in flight are cut out around the perimeter. The birds have yellow eyes and appear to be flying around a vine. The center is shaped like an elongated teardrop with a rounded triangle cut out. Small engravings on the left side. A gold rectangular seal with characters on the bottom left. Gray background. Title: Sword Guard (Tsuba) Artist: unknown