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EDO PERIOD (18/19TH CENTURY)
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A FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF NANAKO KOZUKA AND SIX OTHERS
Edo Period (18/19th Century)
A shakudo kozuka with fourteen different types of nanako including double and triple nanako; shakudo, a tiger by a waterfall in shishiaibori and takabori, silver, gilt and copper details, signed Suifu no ju Shosuiken Yoshiaki with a kao; shakudo nanako with horse trappings in iroe takazogan, Goto school; shakudo nanako, carved and inlaid with a hawk and pine tree in copper, gilt and shibuichi; shakudo carved and inlaid in shibuichi with swimming trout, gilt details, signed Ichiryu Tomoyoshi with a gilt kao, from a design by Koizumi; silver, carved with fishing boats at sea, Goto school; shakudo mikakiji, with thrushes in silver, copper and gilt hirazogan with a tree in katakiri (7)
Edo Period (18/19th Century)
A shakudo kozuka with fourteen different types of nanako including double and triple nanako; shakudo, a tiger by a waterfall in shishiaibori and takabori, silver, gilt and copper details, signed Suifu no ju Shosuiken Yoshiaki with a kao; shakudo nanako with horse trappings in iroe takazogan, Goto school; shakudo nanako, carved and inlaid with a hawk and pine tree in copper, gilt and shibuichi; shakudo carved and inlaid in shibuichi with swimming trout, gilt details, signed Ichiryu Tomoyoshi with a gilt kao, from a design by Koizumi; silver, carved with fishing boats at sea, Goto school; shakudo mikakiji, with thrushes in silver, copper and gilt hirazogan with a tree in katakiri (7)
Provenance
The first and third, C.P. Peak Collection
The sixth, T.B. Blow Collection
The seventh, Ransom Collection
The sixth, T.B. Blow Collection
The seventh, Ransom Collection
Literature
For a similar example to the first kozuka by Takahashi Hirotsune, see Henri L. Joly and K. Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft: Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 815, pl. 145
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.