A group of eight Japanese pierced iron and metal tsuba 刀镡一组八件 Edo period 江户 Including an oval example pierced with "snowflakes", signed Kōfu jū Ito Toshinaga, a round example pierced and carved with a multitude of monkeys, a lobed axample with insects among grasses, another with three fans, three with fine radiating spokes. (L: 3 1/8 in. (largest)) Qty: (8) Property from a Private Collection, New York