10 May 2011
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art part II
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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art part II
Back to auction 19295
Sword Fittings
Goto School
Goto School
Two shibuichi kozuka
Late 19th century
The first engraved and inlaid in silver hirazogan with a branch of plum blossom, a poem engraved on the reverse, signed Nobuyoshi saku; the second inlaid in shakudo with a flight of geese beneath the gold moon, signed Goto Mitsumasa with kao. (2).
The first engraved and inlaid in silver hirazogan with a branch of plum blossom, a poem engraved on the reverse, signed Nobuyoshi saku; the second inlaid in shakudo with a flight of geese beneath the gold moon, signed Goto Mitsumasa with kao. (2).
Sold for
£1,320
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 小柄 2点（梅、雁） 19世紀後期
Provenance: the first from the Clement Milward collection, purchased at Sotheby's London, 1968.
Nobuyoshi is an art name for Isobe Isshu, a student of Ikkin: see Haynes, Index, no.H 01956, where a similar example is recorded.
Goto Mitsumasa (1836-1904) was the second son of Goto Benjo, a nephew of Goto Ichijo and worked in both the classic Goto style and that of his uncle: see Haynes, Index, no.H 05239.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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