Ten kozukaEdo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
Four of shibuichi, the first inlaid in iro-e with a rooster on a fence, signed Toshinaga with a kao; the second engraved with Hotei gazing at the moon, signed Somin with a kao; the third inlaid with Urashima Taro on a minogame (bushy-tailed tortoises), unsigned; the fourth inlaid with a nightingale and moon, unsigned; three of silver, the first inlaid in Goto style with a pleasure boat, unsigned; the second cast with an eel among waterweeds, signed Muneyoshi saku (Made by Muneyoshi); the third with a baton, signed Goto Mitsuyoshi with a kao; two of iron, the first with a foreign musician and dog in relief with inlay, signed Otsuryuken Miboku; the second inlaid in silver with a skull and bones in a field, unsigned; and one of shakudo carved and inlaid with a dragon among clouds, unsigned. (10).注脚Provenance:
The sixth: sold in these Rooms, 10 May 2011, lot 67.
The seventh: Sotheby's London, 9 November 2006, lot 947 (partial lot).