C323. Copper tsuba. 5.2 x 5.6 x .35 cm. The nakago hitsu-ana is .6 x 2.2 cm. Another consigned piece and the owner’s description.

A copper tsuba signed Rakutō (East Kyoto) jū Hiramatsu (洛東住平松) + gold kao – (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon) – 19th century

A clear Joi school tsuba with Hamano influence on ishime ground. Kanzan and Jittoku are portrayed in shishiaibori with a pine tree in katakiri bori on the reverse. Details in gold, silver and shakudo.

Provenance: J. O. Pelton Collection.

Exhibited: The Red Cross Exhibition, London, 1915, No.609, Illustrated In The Catalogue, Pl.CXXXI.

Haynes, Index, No.H01293, where the seal from this tsuba is illustrated.

Mint condition and in a box. $1,630.