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    Sale 7524

    Japanese Swords & Sword Fittings from col Dr Walter Ames

    New York, Park Avenue

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    22 October 1992

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    Lot 154

    AN OMORI SCHOOL KOZUKA

    Price realised

    USD 880

    Estimate

    USD 700 - USD 1,000

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    AN OMORI SCHOOL KOZUKA
    EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800), INSCRIBED OMORI EISHU (TERUHIDE) WITH KAO

    The shibuichi plate is deeply cut with crashing waves and two fish, one in copper and the other in shakudo, with a shakudo octopus between them. There are numerous gold dots of spray on the waves--length 9.7cm., width 1.4cm., thickness 5.75mm.

    Provenance

    T. B. Blow
    Kitson collection, no. 187

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    Lot Essay

    The style of this work is in pure Omori tradition.

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