Hirata School
An iron tsuba
Hirata School, 19th century
Of mokko form pierced with inome and carved with yasuri, inlaid in coloured enamels with a snail and various flying insects, signed Hirata Haruhisa.
8.5cm (3 3/8in).
FOOTNOTES
鐔　昆虫（七宝象嵌）　銘「平田春久」　19世紀

For the maker, a student of Hirata Harunari, see Haynes, Index, no.H 00799.