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A SHIBAYAMA-STYLE PRESENTATION TSUBA
meiji period (late 19th century), signed seimei koku
Of mokko form decorated in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi, nashiji, kirigane and inlaid mother-of-pearl and colored ivory with two women and a child gathering shells on a beach with Mount Fuji in the distance, the reverse with a fisherman, two ladies holding baskets of shells and fishing boats anchored in the harbor, the silver seppa-dai with an incised design of dragons on one side and with phoenixes on the other, signed Seimei koku, the reverse with phoenixes, in shakudo mount cast with gilt foliate scroll--3¾in. (9.6cm.) wide
meiji period (late 19th century), signed seimei koku
Of mokko form decorated in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi, nashiji, kirigane and inlaid mother-of-pearl and colored ivory with two women and a child gathering shells on a beach with Mount Fuji in the distance, the reverse with a fisherman, two ladies holding baskets of shells and fishing boats anchored in the harbor, the silver seppa-dai with an incised design of dragons on one side and with phoenixes on the other, signed Seimei koku, the reverse with phoenixes, in shakudo mount cast with gilt foliate scroll--3¾in. (9.6cm.) wide