Softcover, glossy yellow wrappers with black lettering and black vignette to front, black vignette to back, black lettering to spine; 270 × 230 mm.
Collation: [1–9], 10–151, [5] pp., total 156 pages including covers; 276 lots described, including kozuka (lots 1–19), menuki (20–23), fuchi-kashira (24–32), mizuire (33–34), and tsuba (35–276).
Text in French.

Auction held at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Salle 11, Thursday, 3 April 2025, at 14:00.
Public exhibition on Wednesday, 2 April 2025, from 11:00 to 18:00 and on the morning of the sale from 11:00 to 12:00.
Expert: Cabinet Portier & Associés, Alice Jossaume (SFEP-certified expert in Asian Art).
Catalogue coordinated by Tessier, Sarrou & Associés, Paris.

Website: www.tessier-sarrou.com

Lot 78. Japan — Momoyama period (1573–1603)
Ko-katsushi style round iron tsuba (maru-gata), openwork (ji-sukashi) depicting a lantern (tōrō) and silhouetted openwork (kage-sukashi) forming bonji script characters representing the names of Fudō Myō-ō and Senju Kannon.
Unsigned.
Height: 9.8 cm.
Estimate: 1,000–1,200 Euros.