An iron tsuba. Edo period, second half 18th century

Of almost round shape, crisply carved and pierced with peony blossoms and foliage, signed Chôyô Hagi jû Inoue Kiyotada saku. Old collection number in red ink 256.
Height 7.5 cm
Provenance

Collection Dr. Walter Fahrenhorst (1871-1938), from 1922 to 1936 director-general of the Phönix AG in Düsseldorf, sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 5.12.1968, lot 2719
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 26/27.11.1982, lot 351

flowers peony round