$650
JAPANESE BRONZE & BRASS KNIFE HANDLES (KOZUKA), TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, TWO, L 3 7/8" & 3 3/4":First, bronze kozuka featuring a kingfisher on a stump, moon reflection in the water, silver, gold and copper on a shibuichi ground; second with flying chidori in shibuichi and copper, with gold and silver accents, on brass. Provenance, Edward Drummond Libbey; the Toledo Museum of Art.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16