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A Shibuichi Inlaid Jar and Cover武士図彫金四分一蓋物Meiji era (1868–1912), late 19th centuryOf rounded-square form, supported on four nearly cylindrical feet, the bombé sides rising to a crisp shoulder, the neck narrowing toward the rounded-square mouth which is fitted with two handles each with a loose ring, the body of shibuichi with minute flat inlay of gold and shakudō floral ornament and crests formed of six smaller circles around a larger circle, the front and back each inset with a silver trapezoid plaque encrusted in gold, silver, shakudō, and shibuichi with on the front a seated samurai armed with arrows and a fur-covered scabbard, his helmet with prominent kuwagata (horn-like ornaments), on the back a crow perched on a branch against the disk of the sun, the sides chiseled with hōō and other mythical birds and floral motifs embellished with gold, the edge of the mouth with key-fret ornament inlaid in gold, the cover with similar ornament to the sides surmounted by a cruciform handle with extremely fine gold inlay of chrysanthemums and whorls, signed on the base with chiseled characters Masayoshi 政芳 with a gold-inlaid seal-style mark Masayoshi 政芳, with a later hardwood and silver stand Height without stand 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)Height with stand 5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm)