Naga maru gata sentoku tsuba, Japan, early Edo period (1603-1868) Decorated in shakudo hira zogan with vine branches in trellises. Chased signature on the seppadai 埋忠 - Umetada. The braid-shaped mimi. 7 x 6.7 cm Provenance: - Former Nourhan Manoukian collection (1906-1993). By descent. - Me Ader sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 16 and 17, 1959, lot 245. - Former Rousselot collection (probably one of lots 217 to 225, Me Ader sale, Hôtel Drouot, May 23, 1950).