A shakudo kozuka
Yokoya School, probably 18th century
Delicately engraved with a stalking shishi, the design continuing onto the reverse, which is diagonally divided in gold, signed Somin with kao.
Sold for £1,020 (€1,201) inc. premium
Footnotes
小柄　唐獅子　銘「宗珉（花押）」　18世紀頃

The kozuka is accompanied by a certificate by Dr Kazutaro Torigoe, dated 1965, stating that it is the genuine work of Somin.