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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A KOZUKA BY SHIGEMOTO AND SEVEN OTHERS
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A copper ishimeji kozuka inlaid with bamboo grass and the moon in shakudo, silver and gilt takazogan, signed Shigemoto; silver nanako profusely inlaid with cranes in silver takazogan, gilt details, gilt case, Goto school; shakudo, the moon reflected in water in silver hirazogan and kebori; shibuichi, a bird snarer in shishiaibori and takazogan, with signature Nakagawa Issho and a kao; shakudo, iroe takazogan of a man climbing a ladder set against a tree; shibuichi, a spray of leaves, berries and insects in shippo, ivory and horn; a copper ishimeji urazashi kozuka carved and inlaid with a bird on a branch, with sigature Ichiju; shibuichi, Hotei and his sack in katakiri, silver and gilt details, with signature Nagatsune and a kao (8)
Edo period (18th/19th century)
A copper ishimeji kozuka inlaid with bamboo grass and the moon in shakudo, silver and gilt takazogan, signed Shigemoto; silver nanako profusely inlaid with cranes in silver takazogan, gilt details, gilt case, Goto school; shakudo, the moon reflected in water in silver hirazogan and kebori; shibuichi, a bird snarer in shishiaibori and takazogan, with signature Nakagawa Issho and a kao; shakudo, iroe takazogan of a man climbing a ladder set against a tree; shibuichi, a spray of leaves, berries and insects in shippo, ivory and horn; a copper ishimeji urazashi kozuka carved and inlaid with a bird on a branch, with sigature Ichiju; shibuichi, Hotei and his sack in katakiri, silver and gilt details, with signature Nagatsune and a kao (8)
Provenance
The first, Hibbert and C.P. Peak Collections
The seventh, C.P. Peak Collection
The eighth, G.H. Naunton Collection
The seventh, C.P. Peak Collection
The eighth, G.H. Naunton Collection
Literature
The first, Henri L. Joly and Kumasaku Tomita, Japanese Art and Handicraft, Loan Exhibition Held in Aid of the British Red Cross (London, 1916), no. 1263
The second, Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. III, Sword-fittings (London, 1912), no. 708, pl. IV.
The second, Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. III, Sword-fittings (London, 1912), no. 708, pl. IV.
Exhibited
The first, Red Cross Exhibition, 1915
Special notice
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