A shibuichi tsuba
Hamano School, 19th century
Of oval form, carved in takabori and inlaid in iroe takazogan with Gentoku riding through the turbulent waters of the Dankei River, beneath cloud bands, signed Hamano Naoyuki with kao.
7cm (2¾in).
Sold for £1,080 (€1,272) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔　壇渓渡河　銘「濱埜直随（花押）」　19世紀

Provenance: Michael Tomkinson collection.
Bradford collection, purchased at Glendining & Co., London, 1971.