A SCULPTURE OF A PAIR OF QUAILS MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED KATSUHIRO (KAGAWA KATSUHIRO; 1853-1917) The metal sculpture in the suhama (sandy beach) shape, a pair of quails setting on rokusho-nuri ground slope by a gilt silver stream with copper and gold-inlaid maple leaves, a brass ginko leaf and shibuichi and copper patinated timber piles, the quails in shibuichi body, feather decorated with copper and shakudo inlays and silver gilt, eyes patinated in silver, gilt beaks and feet, base set on bracket feet wood stand; signature on a silver round plaque mounted to reverse 8 3/8 x 17 ¾ in. (21.3 x 45.1 cm.) With a wood storage box
A SCULPTURE OF A PAIR OF QUAILS MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED KATSUHIRO (KAGAWA KATSUHIRO; 1853-1917) The metal sculpture in the suhama (sandy beach) shape, a pair of quails setting on rokusho-nuri ground slope by a gilt silver stream with copper and gold-inlaid maple leaves, a brass ginko leaf and shibuichi and copper patinated timber piles, the quails in shibuichi body, feather decorated with copper and shakudo inlays and silver gilt, eyes patinated in silver, gilt beaks and feet, base set on bracket feet wood stand; signature on a silver round plaque mounted to reverse 8 3/8 x 17 ¾ in. (21.3 x 45.1 cm.) With a wood storage box
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