A small copper tsuba
By Hiramatsu, Kyoto, 19th century
Of oval form, bearing an ishime ground, carved in shishiaibori with Kanzan and Jittoku, details inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo and a pine tree engraved on the reverse, signed Rakuto (East Kyoto) ju Hiramatsu with seal.
5.7cm (2¼in).
Sold for £1,500 (€1,794) inc. premium
Footnotes
小鍔　寒山拾得　銘「洛東住平松　（方印）」　19世紀　

Provenance: J. O. Pelton collection.

Exhibited: The Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1915, no.609, illustrated in the Catalogue, pl.CXXXI.

For the maker, a follower of Sugiura Joi, see Haynes, Index, no.H01293, where the unread seal is illustrated.