Ichinomiya School, dated 1782
Of mokko form, carved with a gourd vine, trailing over the edge and inlaid with a dragonfly, a wasp and a butterfly in copper and brass hon-zogan, signed and dated Heianjo ju Ganshoshi Nagatsune, Tenmei ni-nen (1782), gogatsu kore wo tsukuru with kao.
9.5cm (3¾in).
Sold for £2,640 (€3,109) inc. premium
Footnotes
大鐔　糸瓜に虫　銘「平安城住　含章子長常　天明二年　五月之造（花押）」　天明2年（1782年）

Provenance: J.C. Hawkshaw collection, no.2393.
W.W. Winkworth collection.
John Harding collection, purchased 1964.