A sentoku tsuba
Ichinomiya School, 18th century
Of oval form, carved and inlaid with a mounted archer, the reverse with an attendant retrieving a slain bird, details in gold, shakudo and shibuichi, signed Sessan with kao.
7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Sold for £720 (€848) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔　狩人　銘「雪山（花押）」　18世紀

Provenance: L.J. Wickes collection, purchased at Glendining & Co., London, 1964.

The maker is probably Shoto Masayoshi, a student of Ichinomiya Nagatsune: see Haynes, Index, no.H 06557.