Lot Essay
Goto Keijo (Mitsumori, 1751-1804) was the fourteenth Shirobei mainline master.
Details
A GOTO SCHOOL KURIKARA KEN-RYO KOZUKA
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1500), ATTESTED TO GOTO SOJO BY GOTO KEIJO
The plate is of gold nanako of very small grains and is inlaid with a carved dragon and buddhistic sword (ken), probably from a kogai remounted in this frame. The reverse incised Mon Sojo and signed Mitsumori (Keijo) with kao--length 9.7cm., greatest thickness 9.5mm.
Black lacquer box with paper inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated summer, 1975.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 172.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1500), ATTESTED TO GOTO SOJO BY GOTO KEIJO
The plate is of gold nanako of very small grains and is inlaid with a carved dragon and buddhistic sword (ken), probably from a kogai remounted in this frame. The reverse incised Mon Sojo and signed Mitsumori (Keijo) with kao--length 9.7cm., greatest thickness 9.5mm.
Black lacquer box with paper inscription by Sato Kanzan, dated summer, 1975.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 172.
Provenance
Alexander Moslé
Kano Oshima
Joseph U. Seo, New York
Kano Oshima
Joseph U. Seo, New York
Literature
Moslé (1932), no. 126, p. 88 (attestation only).
One Hundred Masterpieces (1992), no. 72.
One Hundred Masterpieces (1992), no. 72.