K226.  Iron wangata tsuba.  7.4 x7.9 x .4 cm at the seppa dai (tapering to the edge).  The nakago hitsu-ana is 1 x 2.9 cm.  Wangata (dished) tsuba aren’t very common; I’ve had maybe 3 or 4 at most in my years doing this.  The front of this one is nicely carved in vines and leaves; the back was, at one time, completely gold lacquered and now is lacquered at the seppa dai only.  This is another piece that came out of a wooden box of 108 tsuba found at the back of a kura (storehouse) in Japan.  $350.