An inlaid bronze circular dish


By Suzuki Katsuhiro I (1827-1886) or II (1854-1901), Meiji era (1868-1912)Raised on three short bracket feet, decorated in predominately high and low relief of gold with Raijin the Thunder God emerging from swirling clouds with a ring of drums encircling behind and clutching in each hand a drumstick producing a storm; signed on the lower left Katsuhiro koku with a gold seal. 25.2cm (9 7/8in) diam.
|The signature Katsuhiro most probably refers to the metalworker Suzuki Katsuhiro I or II who worked in Tokyo in the Meiji era (1868-1912), see Wakayama Takeshi, Kinko Jiten (A Dictionary of Metalworkers), Tokyo, Token Shunju Shinbunsha, 1999, pp.677-8.