Lot Essay
This appears to be the work of Yokoya Somin III (fl. 1825). Comparable examples were sold in these rooms on October 22, 1992 in the Collection of Walter A. Compton, Part II, lots 145 and 146.
Details
A YOKOYA-SCHOOL KOZUKA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1825), SIGNED SOMIN AND KAO
The deep blue-black shakudo plate carved with waves and inset with the reflection of the moon in silver extending to the reverse, the back inlaid with a diagonal gold strip, signature on the butt end
Wood storage box
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1825), SIGNED SOMIN AND KAO
The deep blue-black shakudo plate carved with waves and inset with the reflection of the moon in silver extending to the reverse, the back inlaid with a diagonal gold strip, signature on the butt end
Wood storage box