Lot 14
A TANTO DAGGER.
A late 19thC mounted Tanto Dagger, with 8" blade having some damage to the tip. The unsigned tang has two Mekugi-Ana, with gilt on copper Habaki, decorated with a fan and spatula on opposite faces. Plain wooden Tsuka with small oval copper Tsuba , with Menuki of a spoon and a net on one side, the other now missing. The Saya in the wood bark design finish, bearing a bowl, chopping block and a cleaver on the one side. On the other a lidded pot, ladle and other decorations.
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