An iron tsuba
Mito School, 19th century,
Of mokko form, inlaid in iroe takazogan with two foreigners saluting a pennant, signed Seiryuken Yoshihide.
7.6cm (3in).
Sold for £840 (€993) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔　韃靼人　銘「青龍軒　美英」　19世紀

Provenance: W.W.Winkworth collection, 1964.

The maker is possibly Tamagawa Yoshihisa, also known as Yoshihide, who worked in Mito and Edo during the early part of the 19th century: see Haynes, Index, no. H.11644.