An Umetada school copper tsuba
Edo Period, 18th Century
Of oval form, pierced in negative silhouette and carved in sunken relief with a gourd vine with trailing tendrils in shakudo hon-zogan, unsigned; with fitted box.
3 1/4in (8.3cm)
Sold for US$ 1,800 (€1,332) inc. premium
Footnotes
Provenance: Alexander Moslé colection
Published: Moslé 1909, no. 680; Moslé 1932a, no. 680