Lot 304

TANTO
SIGNED WATANABE MASATSUNA, DATED 1828




Auction: 13 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£1,250
Description
the wooden saya and tsuka elaborately carved and inlaid in silver with a dragon amongst crashing waves, the fuchi and kashira each of shakudo and inlaid in gold on a nanako ground with a writhing dragon, the bronze kozuka cast with a three-clawed dragon striding amongst swirling clouds, signed Watanabe Masatsuna to the pocket of the kogatana and dated the eleventh year of Bunsei era (1828)
Dimensions
47cm long



