A tsuba

Description:

Japan, 18th cent.
H. 7,2 cm
Mokko sentoku, the ishimeji plate with a bell cricket and gilt vine leaves in takazogan.
From an old North German private collection, acquired between 1992 and 1994, this tsuba purchased at Sotheby's London, 19 May 1992, lot 173 - Minor wear, minor traces of age