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Lot 231
Six kozuka, two pairs of fuchi-gashira and two kashira 18th to 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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18th to 19th century
The kozuka comprising: copper, inlaid in iroe takazogan with a long-armed monkey, signed Hirotoshi with kao; shakudo, inlaid and engraved with irises and a moored boat, signed Yasuchika no zu o motte, Shokatei Tomotsune (after a design by Yasuchika, Shokatei Tomotsune); silver, engraved with Hotei, signed Kenyudo with kao; copper and shakudo mokume; and two brass kozuka cast with a hawk on a pine branch, each inscribed Yasuchika; a fuchi-gashira of shakudo with catfish and carp in waves and among aquatic plants, signed Michisato saku; another with two octopuses in waves, unsigned; and two kashira of brass and shibuichi. (10).
The kozuka comprising: copper, inlaid in iroe takazogan with a long-armed monkey, signed Hirotoshi with kao; shakudo, inlaid and engraved with irises and a moored boat, signed Yasuchika no zu o motte, Shokatei Tomotsune (after a design by Yasuchika, Shokatei Tomotsune); silver, engraved with Hotei, signed Kenyudo with kao; copper and shakudo mokume; and two brass kozuka cast with a hawk on a pine branch, each inscribed Yasuchika; a fuchi-gashira of shakudo with catfish and carp in waves and among aquatic plants, signed Michisato saku; another with two octopuses in waves, unsigned; and two kashira of brass and shibuichi. (10).
























