$850
JAPANESE BRONZE KNIFE HANDLES (KOZUKA), SIGNED, TOKUGAWA PERIOD, 1603-1868, TWO, L 3 7/8" & 3 3/4":First, featuring demon dressed as a priest, accented with gold and silver inlay, unidentified marks on the reverse; second, Daruma the philosopher in low relief, copper, shakudo and gold inlays on a fishroe shakudo ground, unmarked. Provenance, Edward Drummond Libbey; the Toledo Museum of Art.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2005-04-16