R20,000
A JAPANESE LONG SWORD, KATANA, MEIJI PERIOD, 1868 - 1912
The single-edged polished blade of traditional form and construction fitted to a leather and iron mounted hilt, tsuka, the gilt-highlighted oval tsuba decorated with a praying mantis and sprigs of seeding grass, the black lacquered scabbard, saya, decorated with iron-red and gilt ginkgo leaves, wear commensurate with age
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