A shibuichi fuchi-gashira
Ichinomiya School, probably 18th century
Carved in shishiaibori and inlaid in iroe takazogan with Gama sennin with a toad and Tekkai sennin holding a large peony, signed Tsunenao with kao.
Sold for £540 (€636) inc. premium
Footnotes
縁頭　蝦蟇鉄拐　銘「常直（花押）」　18世紀頃

Provenance: purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1968.

The maker is probably Iwamoto Sadanaka, a student of Ichinomiya Nagatsune, who adopted the art name Tsunenao: see Haynes, Index, no. H 07755.