A shibuichi kozuka
Hamano School, 19th century
Carved in low relief and inlaid with the ghost of the willow, showing a woman rising from gold splashed vapour and engraved reeds beneath a willow branch, her face and hand of silver, signed Hamano Naoyuki with kao.
Sold for £1,140 (€1,342) inc. premium
Footnotes
小柄　幽霊　銘「濵埜直随（花押）」　19世紀

Provenance: Paul Corbin collection.
J.M. Gueneau collection, purchased in 1971.