Tanaka School
An iron tsuba
Tanaka School, 19th century
Of rounded rectangular form with raised rim, bearing a hammered ground, partly pierced and inlaid with five chidori, two in silhouette and three in shakudo takazogan beneath the snow-capped peak of Fujiyama, signed in seal form.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Sold for £1,320 (€1,561) inc. premium
Footnotes
鐔 富士千鳥 銘不明(方印) 19世紀

Provenance: purchased at Glendining & Co., London, 1965.