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EDO PERIOD (17TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A KOZUKA BY KOBAYASHI ZENROKU, TWO KAGA-ZOGAN KOZUKA AND FIVE OTHERS
Edo period (17th/19th century)
An unusual shibuichi-nanako kozuka inlaid with silver, copper, shakudo and gold with a fish, hooked in the mouth with the line attached to its tail, signed Kobayashi Zenroku; two shakudo migakiji kozuka inlaid in Kaga-zogan of copper, shibuichi and two colours of gold, one with birds flying around a flowering tree, the reverse engraved with a fisherman drawing in his net from a boat on a lake, the other with scattered flowers and leaves; a shakudo-nanako kozuka inlaid in shakudo, copper and gold with a crane standing on one leg; a shakudo kozuka with gold and silver inlays, carved with a woman, a basket on her head and a poem inscribed above her, with signature Ichijo; a kozuka with a copper plate and a shibuichi back, inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and gold with a toy sparrow on a stalk of bamboo; a pale shibuichi kozuka carved in katakiri-bori and inlaid in silver, copper and gold with a dragon in swirling clouds, school of Funada Ikkin; and a shakudo-ishime kozuka inlaid in shakudo, silver and gold with a sambaso dancer's mask and its box and a fan (8)
Edo period (17th/19th century)
An unusual shibuichi-nanako kozuka inlaid with silver, copper, shakudo and gold with a fish, hooked in the mouth with the line attached to its tail, signed Kobayashi Zenroku; two shakudo migakiji kozuka inlaid in Kaga-zogan of copper, shibuichi and two colours of gold, one with birds flying around a flowering tree, the reverse engraved with a fisherman drawing in his net from a boat on a lake, the other with scattered flowers and leaves; a shakudo-nanako kozuka inlaid in shakudo, copper and gold with a crane standing on one leg; a shakudo kozuka with gold and silver inlays, carved with a woman, a basket on her head and a poem inscribed above her, with signature Ichijo; a kozuka with a copper plate and a shibuichi back, inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and gold with a toy sparrow on a stalk of bamboo; a pale shibuichi kozuka carved in katakiri-bori and inlaid in silver, copper and gold with a dragon in swirling clouds, school of Funada Ikkin; and a shakudo-ishime kozuka inlaid in shakudo, silver and gold with a sambaso dancer's mask and its box and a fan (8)
Provenance
The first and fourth, C.P. Peak Collection
The third and fifth, G.H. Naunton Collection
The third and fifth, G.H. Naunton Collection
Literature
The third and fifth, Henri L. Joly, Japanese sword fittings, a descriptive catalogue of the collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq. (London, 1912), no. 777, pl. 31 and no. 341, pl. 22
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.