As I started to visit the online exhibition (I must get that catalogue) this picture immediately struck a chord in me.
the structure is the same of this photograph I took in 1981
and the more I looked on the motorcycles I found this Ducati 1994
and if you look at its front break disc you will see how it touched me when I design a sword guard inspired on it. Here is the technical drawing
and then the result in titanium
Pardon me for talking of my own experiences, but that is the best I can give

to state the importance of fallen barriers in different territories for they all inter-connect.
I would even want to share the
numerological readings on this tsuba as it leads us further into even deeper territories of hidden knowledge.
The maker of the tsuba is himself the son of a Master Kabbalist and a Kaballist himself. I wasn't aware when I designed it. It just happened.
I would not by all means want to engage in any discussion of whether it is valid or not, but just to illustrate how something can be viewed with so different eyes.
Dear Moderators. Please be lenient with me as I don't know where to post this, but I see this post connected to swords. Meaning that they are expressions of culture and should deserve, independently of their time of making, the attention of Museums. One cannot be selective in the age of the piece but rather consider whether such an object can be classified as art in today's changing world or not. Thank you