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A NOMURA SCHOOL TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1775), SIGNED GOSHU HIKONE JU (ON REVERSE) AND KANHEISHI NOMURA KANENORI (ON FACE)
The round shakudo plate carved and inlaid with a rakan releasing a dragon from his food bowl, the rakan Bukan Zengi with his tiger, and another sage flying overhead on the back of a stork on a ground covered in plants, vines, and a waterfall worked in gold and silver relief, the reverse with Chokaro and Tekkai sennin exhaling the figure (his spirit) from his mouth on a similar ground of gold and silver vines, clouds and flowers
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1775), SIGNED GOSHU HIKONE JU (ON REVERSE) AND KANHEISHI NOMURA KANENORI (ON FACE)
The round shakudo plate carved and inlaid with a rakan releasing a dragon from his food bowl, the rakan Bukan Zengi with his tiger, and another sage flying overhead on the back of a stork on a ground covered in plants, vines, and a waterfall worked in gold and silver relief, the reverse with Chokaro and Tekkai sennin exhaling the figure (his spirit) from his mouth on a similar ground of gold and silver vines, clouds and flowers