Murakami School
A shakudo sukashi tsuba
Murakami School, probably 19th century
The thick plate of oval form, carved and pierced in the round with squirrels on a vine, signed Jochiku.
7cm (2¾in).
Sold for £1,080 (€1,277) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔 葡萄に栗鼠 銘「如竹」 19世紀頃

Provenance: Farrenhorst collection, purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, 1968.