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    Sale 6193

    Japanese Art and Design

    London

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    17 November 1999

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    • A COPPER SHONAI TSUBA, FOUR TS
    Lot 332

    A COPPER SHONAI TSUBA, FOUR TSUBA AND TWO PAIR OF MENUKI

    Price realised

    GBP 1,265

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000

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    A COPPER SHONAI TSUBA, FOUR TSUBA AND TWO PAIR OF MENUKI
    Hachi-mokkogata cat scratched plate pierced with two geese, 7.7cm.; a pair of early Goto shakudo menuki formed as reclining bulls, 3.2cm.; round sentoku Nara Tsuneshige style carved in katakiri and shishiai as a Chinese figure by bamboo, 6.9cm.; copper aorigata, takazogan with bracken, 5.4cm.; oval sentoku depicting a Chinese landscape, 7.6cm.; shibuichi mokkogata, katakiri with an elderly lady holding a peach by a river, signed Tsuchiya Masatoshi saku, 7.1cm.; a pair of shakudo menuki formed as tigers, 8.5cm., all 17th-19th century (9)

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    Lot Essay

    Tsuchiya Masatoshi who was born in Shimotsuke, is younger brother of Masachika who is the sixth generation of Yasuchika.

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