Lot Essay
This fine example is comparable to the Ko-Goto tsuba in Compton, Part I, lot 122.
Details
A MINO GOTO TSUBA
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (CIRCA 1600)
The oval shakudo nanako plate has an overall raised design of a cherry tree with hanging branches and many gold blooms that extend over the edge to repeat the design on the reverse. The hitsu-ana have gold cat-scratched plugs--height 7.4cm., width 7.1cm., thickness 5.75mm.
Wood storage box with inscription by Sato Kanzan dated Showa 49 (1974). Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 140, dated Showa 46 (1971), Honbu shinsa (Tokyo shinsa).
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (CIRCA 1600)
The oval shakudo nanako plate has an overall raised design of a cherry tree with hanging branches and many gold blooms that extend over the edge to repeat the design on the reverse. The hitsu-ana have gold cat-scratched plugs--height 7.4cm., width 7.1cm., thickness 5.75mm.
Wood storage box with inscription by Sato Kanzan dated Showa 49 (1974). Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 140, dated Showa 46 (1971), Honbu shinsa (Tokyo shinsa).
Provenance
Joseph U. Seo, New York