A Pair of Goto School Menuki

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY) ATTRIBUTED TO GOTO KENJO (1568-1663)

Details

A Pair of Goto School Menuki
Edo period (17th century) attributed to Goto Kenjo (1568-1663)
Carved as a pair of Chinese lions among blossoming peonies in high relief
Wood box with inscription and signed Kunzan (Homma Junji), dated August, 1981

With Tokubetsu kicho tosogu (Sword-fitting especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 245 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1977.9.14 (2)

Provenance

Walter A. Compton, sold in these Rooms, Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Walter A. Compton (Part 1), 31 March, 1992, lot 139

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Sebastian Izzard, ed., One Hundred Masterpieces from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton (New York: Christie's, Manson and Woods International Inc., 1992), no. 77.

Goto Kenjo, the seventh Shirobei mainline master of the Goto school, was the second son of Goto Tokujo (1550-1631), the fifth mainline master.

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