Nara School
A copper tsuba
After Sugiura Joi, Nara, 19th century
Of circular form with raised rim, carved in low relief with Jurojin and a deer beneath a pine branch, the reverse similarly carved and engraved with two pine trees, signed Issan Joi with seal Nagaharu in.
7.6cm (3in).
FOOTNOTES
鐔　寿老人と鹿　銘「一蝅乘意　永春印（方印）」（倣杉浦乘意）　19世紀