Sale 6193
London
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17 November 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,265
Estimate
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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