Lot Essay
Stylistically this unrecorded artist belongs to the Hamano school.
Details
A HAMANO STYLE TSUBA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1825), SIGNED JORYUKEN YASUTERU
The polished shakudo plate banded in gold and carved in high relief with two mounted samurai in a Gempei battle scene, inlaid in gold shibuichi and copper, the reverse decorated with a pine tree and bridge, inlaid in gold, copper and shibuichi--7.1cm. high, 6.7cm. wide, 5mm. thick
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1825), SIGNED JORYUKEN YASUTERU
The polished shakudo plate banded in gold and carved in high relief with two mounted samurai in a Gempei battle scene, inlaid in gold shibuichi and copper, the reverse decorated with a pine tree and bridge, inlaid in gold, copper and shibuichi--7.1cm. high, 6.7cm. wide, 5mm. thick