Lot Essay
The Goto masters not only made sword fittings but they were also responsible for the bakufu Mint. Goto Renjo produced Genroku oban in 1695.
WITH SIGNATURE OMORI EISHU [TERUHIDE] AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN OMORI SCHOOL KOZUKA
With signature Omori Eishu [Teruhide] and kao, late Edo period (19th Century)
The shakudo nanako plate depicting two squirrels playing around a stack of oban, the reverse covered with cat-scratched gilt, inscribed Goto and kao in shibuichi takazogan and gilt, slight dents, with a wood box
With signature Omori Eishu [Teruhide] and kao, late Edo period (19th Century)
The shakudo nanako plate depicting two squirrels playing around a stack of oban, the reverse covered with cat-scratched gilt, inscribed Goto and kao in shibuichi takazogan and gilt, slight dents, with a wood box
Sale room notice
This lot should read "...two rats playing..." and not "...two squirrels playing..."