A shakudo kozuka
Ishiguro School, 19th century
Bearing a nanako ground and inlaid with two pheasants among wild plants in iroe takazogan, the reverse engraved with an irregular linear design, signed Ishiguro Koretsune sen.
FOOTNOTES
小柄　雉　銘「石黒是常鐫」　19世紀

Provenance: Stevens collection, purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1966.