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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 5, 2020 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 81 | $****** - ****** | 12 kozuka (knife handles) |
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Unsigned except as noted, the first shakudo nanako, inlaid in gold and silver relief with a naval engagement during the twelfth-century Genpei wars; the second shakudo nanako, inlaid in mixed-metal relief with samurai balancing on the plankless Uji bridge at the battle of the Uji River (1180); the third shibuichi, chased and inlaid with a Chinese dignitary, probably Komei or Gomo, holding a feather fan; the fourth shibuichi, inlaid in mixed-metal relief with Taira no Tadamori apprehending the Oil Thief, signed Masachika, with a kao; the fifth shibuichi, chased and inlaid with the warrior deity Marishiten riding on a boar, a bonji (Sanskrit character) above; the sixth shibuichi, chased in katagiribori with a Chinese figure, possibly Moso, standing under a bamboo plant, the design continuing on to the reverse, signed Yanagawa Naoharu with a kao; the seventh shibuichi, chased in relief with a glowering tiger (gilt eyes), signed Mitsumasu with a kao; the eighth shakudo nanako, inlaid in mixed-metal relief with 11 horses, unsigned; the ninth copper and shibuichi, chased and inlaid in mixed metals with a playful Karako (Chinese boy) emerging from behind a curtain; the tenth shibuichi, chased with three Manzai dancers with fans, drum, and gohei (wand with paper streamers), the design continuing on to the reverse, signed Somin with a kao; the eleventh shibuichi ishime-ji, chased and inlaid in gold, silver, and copper relief with a dragon in clouds, the design continuing on to the reverse; the twelfth shibuichi ishime-ji, chased and inlaid with a cicada on an ivy-clad branch, signed Jochu with a kao.
