A Tsuba (sword guard) Namban Art iron pierced decoration "Cross" nippo-portuguese - Momoyama period (1573-1615) signs of oxidation Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 9 cm Notes: vd. similar copy in the exhibition catalogue "Os Construtores do Oriente Português", held at the Customs Building, Porto, 1998. Porto: National Commission for the Commemoration of the Portuguese Discoveries, 1998, p. 263, Nos 29-30; and "AR-PAB". Porto: V.O.C. Antiguidades, 2014, p. 70.