AN INLAID IRON TSUBA WITH CHINNAN SENNIN Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of mokko-gata form, the two hitsu plugged with gilt copper, the tsuba decorated in relief and with gilt-copper takazogan depicting Chinnan Sennin seated on the ground under a pine tree, holding his large alms bowl from which a sinuously coiled fire-breathing dragon emerges, a young attendant standing behind the immortal, the reverse with the trunk and a branch of the same pine tree. HEIGHT 9 cm WEIGHT 136.9 g Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of age and use. Provenance: From the collection of Oscar Gustaf Björck (1860-1929), Stockholm, painter and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.