A JAPANESE 'WHITE HERON' SHAKUDO TANTŌ SWORD GUARD, TSUBA

Late Edo period

Rectangular in shape, with rounded edges, inlaid with gold and silver to depict a graceful bird wadding along the water edge among reeds and gold mist, inscribed to the reverse Hinoto-u Risshū, Hōrai (the year of the rabbit, spring, [signed] Hōrai)

6.2cm, 77g