A shibuichi and silver saya inrō by Hagiya Katsuhira (1804—1886).

A shibuichi and silver saya inrō by Hagiya Katsuhira (1804—1886). Second half 19th century, around 1870/1880 Signed Hagiya Katsuhira 萩谷勝平 with kaō in gold inlay Of large wide shape decorated on one side with Jo holding a rake and Uba with a broom underneath an old pine on the beach of Takasago, and on the other side with Mount Fuji towering above the sea, carved and partly pierced, the details of carved copper, gold in different shades and silver. The interior of plain silver. Along with a shakudō ojime decorated with various patterns and the kanji reading ‘mae’ in flush gold inlay and a kagamibuta, the disc of shibuichi with two figures and a pavilion by a shore, signed with a kaō; the bowl of tagayasan wood, diameter 3.8 cm, mid-19th century. Height 8.7 cm; width 7.4 cm

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