Lot Essay
Hakogaki by Sasano rated shu-saku
THE PROPERTY OF DAVID LEGGETT ESQ.
AN OVAL INSHU-SURUGA IRON TSUBA, pierced and carved with plum blossoms viewed through cracked ice, details in gold nunome, kebori and ito-zukashi, the hitsu-ana filled in gold foil covered cat-scratched copper in the shape of snow flakes, signed Inshu ju Suruga saku, mid-Edo period
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AN OVAL INSHU-SURUGA IRON TSUBA, pierced and carved with plum blossoms viewed through cracked ice, details in gold nunome, kebori and ito-zukashi, the hitsu-ana filled in gold foil covered cat-scratched copper in the shape of snow flakes, signed Inshu ju Suruga saku, mid-Edo period