THE FIRST SIGNED GOTO MITSUTOSHI AND KAO, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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TWO SOFT METAL TSUBA AND AN IRON TSUBA
The first signed Goto Mitsutoshi and Kao, 18th/19th Century
A rounded square shibuichi tsuba, the entire plate punched with hot stamps of shippo tsunagi designs, Waki Goto school, 7.4cm.; a mokkogata iron Mito tsuba depicting a karashishi among bamboo, carved in sukidashi bori and inlaid in shakudo takazogan, 7.4cm.; and a brass tsuba formed as a dragon, 7.2cm. (3)
The first signed Goto Mitsutoshi and Kao, 18th/19th Century
A rounded square shibuichi tsuba, the entire plate punched with hot stamps of shippo tsunagi designs, Waki Goto school, 7.4cm.; a mokkogata iron Mito tsuba depicting a karashishi among bamboo, carved in sukidashi bori and inlaid in shakudo takazogan, 7.4cm.; and a brass tsuba formed as a dragon, 7.2cm. (3)