JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA), SIGNED 'SOMIN', TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 3/4":Incised figure of a sleeping, bearded man, beneath a blossoming branch. Triangular gold area on the reverse with signature and seal, "Somin". Provenance, Edward Drummond Libbey; the Toledo Museum of Art.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE, SIGNED 'SO TOSHIYOSHI', TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 3/4":Low relief bird on a plum branch, in gold, shakudo, and copper on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA), SIGNED 'BOSOKEN', TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 3/4":Engraved scene depicting Narahira visiting a cottage, and a Koto on reverse, with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA) WITH POEM, TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 3/4":A pair of mandarin ducks in low relief, gold and silver accents, engraved Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA), SIGNED 'HARUYUKI SHOGETSUSAI', TOKUGAWA PERIOD, L 3 3/4":Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, in a boat, gold Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA), SIGNED, TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 7/8":Landscape with figures, Mt. Fuji in the distance, with gold and silver accents on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA), SIGNED, TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 3/4":Orchids and a cricket in relief, gold and copper accents on a shibuichi ground. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE IRON KNIFE HANDLE (KOZUKA), SIGNED, TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, L 3 3/4":With Mt. Fuji and a dragon in low relief, with gold, copper and silver Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLES (KOZUKA), TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, TWO, L 3 7/8":First featuring the gods of good luck in a half circle, flanked by bamboo, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
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 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLES (KOZUKA), TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, TWO, L 3 7/8":First, incised farmhouse and moon, silver and gold inlay on shibuichi ground; second featuring Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16
