Nara School
A shibuichi tsuba
Nara School, probably 19th century
Of oval form, bearing an ishime ground, carved and inlaid with Chok’aro, standing on one leg and releasing two small horses from his double gourd, the reverse with a pine tree on ishime ground, signed Joi Nagaharu.
7cm (2¾in).
Estimate: £750 – 850
€880 – 1,000
JPY 120,000 – 130,000
Footnotes
鐔　張果老　銘「乘意永春」　19世紀頃

Provenance: purchased from Fairclough Arms and Armour, London, 1965.