Q298.  Iron sukashi tsuba with extensive gold inlay.  7.7 x 7.7 x .4 cm on the plate (.5 cm on the shakudo fukurin).  The nakago hitsu-ana is .9 x 2.7 cm.  Bamboo and bushes; the bushes workd in gold.  The ryo hitsu are outlined in gold and plugged with gold, and almost all of the gold is intact.  $275.