Lot Essay
Hagiya Katsuhira (1804-1886) was the leading metalworker of the Mito school and the teacher of Unno Shomin.
SIGNED SEIRYOKEN KATSUHIRA AND KAO, 19TH CENTURY
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A Single Case Sleeve Inro
Signed Seiryoken Katsuhira and kao, 19th Century
Inlaid in bold pale and dark shibuichi, gold, silver, shakudo and copper takazogan on a shibuichi ground, with a Chinese man holding a stick, watching a female figure holding a baby descending from a bank of clouds on the reverse, himotoshi and case in silver, an oval bead ojime with panels of shibuichi and silver and a mokume of silver, shibuichi and copper in a katami-gawari design
3 9/16in. (9.2cm) high
Signed Seiryoken Katsuhira and kao, 19th Century
Inlaid in bold pale and dark shibuichi, gold, silver, shakudo and copper takazogan on a shibuichi ground, with a Chinese man holding a stick, watching a female figure holding a baby descending from a bank of clouds on the reverse, himotoshi and case in silver, an oval bead ojime with panels of shibuichi and silver and a mokume of silver, shibuichi and copper in a katami-gawari design
3 9/16in. (9.2cm) high