JAPAN- Attributed to Hagiya Katsuhira (1804-1886), Mito School, Tsuba nadegaku gata in sentoku, Edo period, 19th century, with chased decoration in hira bori and inlaid in hira zogan of gilt copper and shibuichi representing on one side Bishamonten perched on a cliff near a waterfall, and on the reverse the Oni Amanojaku. Signed Katsuhira "勝平". H. 8.6 x 8 cm Provenance: Former collection of Mr. Huu Pham (Galerie Potterat) Reference: Comparative: For a tsuba by the same artist, see in the collections of the Walter Art Museum under reference 51.334, as well as in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London under reference M.1310-1931.