A copper tsuba
Nara School, 19th century
Of mokko form, bearing an irregular linear ground and inlaid with a snake, frog and slug in gilt and shibuichi takazogan, signed Moriko konomini yorite, Hashonai ni oite, Yasuchika kore wo tsukuru.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Sold for £1,800 (€2,120) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔　三竦み　銘「毛利候依好　於羽庄内　安親造之」　19世紀

Provenance: W.W. Winkworth collection, 1965.