$1,400
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLES (KOZUKA), TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, TWO, L 3 3/4" & 3 7/8":First featuring a flowering vine in silver and two tones of gold on a shakudo basket-weave ground, the reverse unadorned; second, a grape vine, butterflies and cricket in gold and silver inlay, herons in a stream incised on the reverse. Provenance, Edward Drummond Libbey; the Toledo Museum of Art.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16