A shakudo tsuba
Ichinomiya School, 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form, bearing an ishime ground, carved and inlaid with Shoki standing by a stream, while an oni hides beneath a bridge on the reverse, signed Minamoto Nagatsune saku.
6.7cm (2 5/8in).
Estimate: £700 – 800
€820 – 940
JPY 110,000 – 130,000
Footnotes
鐔　鍾馗と鬼　銘「源長常作」　19世紀

Provenance: purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1977.