TWO IRON TSUBA WITH FIGURAL DECOR.

Japan, 19th c. Length 8 resp. 7.2 cm.
Nagamarugata. Iron, inlaid in gold, silver and copper takazôgan and gilt fukurin (rim). a) Armed warriors at a vast mansion. Signed Gôshû Hikone jû, Sôten sei. b) The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Signed Mogarashi Nyûdô Sôten sei. (2)

Provenance: Old Swiss private collection purchased in the 1950s and 1960s in Asia. Thence by descent to the grandchildren.