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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
AN EARLY HIRATA KOZUKA AND TWO OTHERS
Edo Period (17th century)
Shakudo ishimeji inlaid with three fish in opaque enamel in silver cloisonné enamel, Hirata school; a shibuichi kozuka with iroe takazogan of a man and a monkey, with signature Yanagawa Naomasa and a kao, another shibuichi mikakiji, incised with small figures, slight inlay, with signature Hosono Sozaemon Masamori and a kao (3)
Edo Period (17th century)
Shakudo ishimeji inlaid with three fish in opaque enamel in silver cloisonné enamel, Hirata school; a shibuichi kozuka with iroe takazogan of a man and a monkey, with signature Yanagawa Naomasa and a kao, another shibuichi mikakiji, incised with small figures, slight inlay, with signature Hosono Sozaemon Masamori and a kao (3)
Provenance
The first, Jepson Collection
The second, C. P. Peak Collection
The third, T.B. Blow and G.H. Naunton Collections
The second, C. P. Peak Collection
The third, T.B. Blow and G.H. Naunton Collections
Literature
The third, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 722, pl. 31
Special notice
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