SHOZUI: A HAMANO SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH DEER, TORII GATE AND PINESchool of Hamano Masayuki (Shozui), signed with gold seal ShozuiJapan, Hamano school, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The large iron tsuba of mokkogata shape, with a kozuka and kogai hitsu-ana and sekigane, finely worked in iro-e takazogan of gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi, depicting to the front a family of deer below a pine tree and next to a torii gate, the verso with two further deer by a stream below a waterfall. Gold seal to the front SHOZUI.HEIGHT 8.5 cm, LENGTH 7.9 cmWEIGHT 162 gCondition: Excellent condition with minor typical wear.Provenance: Doyle's, Asian Works of Art, 20 March 2007, New York, lot 2279 (sold for 1,920 USD). The provenance listed there as St. John's University.