Vintage Japanese Signed Hand Painted Square Ceramic Decorative Bowl 10" Suzuribako This tsuba shows considerable wear

This tsuba shows considerable wear from lots of use

Carved in the shape of well rendered round manju  (a kind of baked bun) it is a perfect reverse carving that

While this was never affixed to a sword the age is evident by the overall oxidization of the iron tkottsu near the nakago hitsu ana

It is from a very high resolution scan taken of the original Kunisada print in our collection n with a state of the art flat bed scanner

Two of these bowls were available at the time of listing

Vintage Japanese Signed Hand Painted Square Ceramic Decorative Bowl 10" Suzuribako This tsuba shows considerable wearThis is a vintage Japanese hand painted square ceramic decorative bowl dish. It shows flowers and birds in red, green, gold, and purple. There is an artist's signature chop mark on the bottom of the dish. This was high fired for lasting durability. Comes in its own original box (11 x 11 x 2. 5"). Having been in storage, this set remains in very fine condition. The bowl measures 10 1 4" square by 4 3 4" tall (26. 5 x 5 cm). Japanpicker and the Shogun's