Lot Essay
The artsit Matsuo Gassan became a student of Kawarabayashi Hideoki (1788-1851) at the age of twelve and worked in Kyoto.
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AN IRREGULARLY-SHAPED IRON TSUBA decorated with tall grasses against the moon in takabori the reverse with a bee in iroe takazogan, gold and silver details, signed Kongosai Gassan (1815-1875), 7cm.