A large iron tsuba
Nara School, 19th century
Of mokko form with raised rim, carved and inlaid in shibuichi takazogan with two geese flying in slanting rain, the reverse inlaid with a falling branch, signed Yasuchika.
8.5cm (3 3/8in).
Sold for £1,200 (€1,413) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔　雁　銘「安親」　19世紀

Provenance: Stevens collection, purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1966.