Lot Essay
Compare this kozuka to the Kato Teruaki tsuba sold in these rooms on March 31, 1992 in the Collection of Walter A. Compton, Part I, lot 196.
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A KATO-SCHOOL KOZUKA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1860)
The shakudo nanako plate decorated with a Gagaku stage curtain, gold drum above, the curtain divided into silver and shakudo stripes bearing a melon design family crest (mokko mon) carved and inlaid in gold, the reverse of "cat-scratched" sheet gold
Wood storage box
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1860)
The shakudo nanako plate decorated with a Gagaku stage curtain, gold drum above, the curtain divided into silver and shakudo stripes bearing a melon design family crest (mokko mon) carved and inlaid in gold, the reverse of "cat-scratched" sheet gold
Wood storage box