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A KOZUKA WITH INSECTS A KOZUKA WITH INSECTS
Mixed metal. Japan, Meiji Period Mixed metal. Japan, Meiji Period
Bearing a shibuichi nanako ground inlaid in high relief with an Bearing a shibuichi nanako ground inlaid in high relief with two
earwig and a centipede. Unsigned. little beetles and a gold and silver beetle, grasshopper and cricket.
Unsigned.
LENGTH 9.8 CM
LENGTH 9.7 CM
Condition: Minimal wear consistent with age and use - overall
good condition Condition: Minimal wear consistent with age and use, small dent
Provenance: From an English private collection and crack in the opening - overall good condition
Provenance: From an English private collection
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A RARE NERIKAWA TSUBA (A TSUBA MADE A SMALL IRON TSUBA WITH EGRETS Starting price EUR 50,- Estimate EUR 100,-
FROM SHEETS OF LEATHER FASTENED Iron, silver. Japan, early Edo period Starting price EUR 50,-
TOGETHER)
Leather, lacquer. Japan, late Edo period Mokko-gata tsuchime, a small four lobed ovoid
tsuba decorated in fine silver takabori (relief carving)
Of Aoi-gata form, hardened leather tsuba covered with design of egrets.
with a glossy black lacquer (and rim fitted with
a fukurin to cover the cut edge of the laminated HEIGHT 6 CM
leather).
Condition: Good condition
HEIGHT 8.5 CM Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection
Condition: Cracked and chipped lacquer, normal Estimate EUR 300,- 143
wear due to materials and age Starting price EUR 150,- KOZUKA WITH LION DANCERS
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Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection Shibuichi, coppper, gold and silver. Japan, Edo period, 18 to 19
century
Estimate EUR 300,-
Starting price EUR 150,- Very fine craftsmanship of Goto type, bearing a shibuichi nanako
ground, inlaid in gold, silver and copper high relief with two lion
dancers around a drum. The reverse divided diagonally into a gilt
cat-scratched shibuichi and a brown polished one. Unsigned. 144
TWO LANDSCAPE KOZUKA
LENGTH 9.3 CM Shibuichi, copper, gold. Japan, Edo period, 18 to 19 century
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Condition: Minimal wear consistent with age and use - overall The first of Goto type, bearing a shibuichi nanako ground inlaid
good condition in high relief with a view of Fujiyama, unsigned; the second of
Provenance: From an English private collection copper inlaid with trees beneath the golden rising sun, signed
Harutsune with a kao; the third of iron carved in high relief with
Estimate EUR 150,- a scarecrow decorated in gold, unsigned.
Starting price EUR 75,-
LENGTH 9.6 and 10 CM and 9.8 CM

140 Condition: Wear consistent with age and use - overall good
A GROUP OF FIVE IRON TSUBA condition
Iron. Japan, Edo period Provenance: From an English private collection
The first Nadegaku gata, a rounded rectangular iron tsuba, the HEIGHT 9.3 CM, 7.5 CM, 6.4 CM, 7.3 CM and 8.1 CM Estimate EUR 200,-
roughened surface carved in low relief with swirling clouds and Starting price EUR 100,-
mountains. The takabori (relief carving) is missing but a silhouette Condition: All with rust-patina; the first dented plate with
of a man is still visible - unsigned; the second a Maru-gata tsuba missing inlays; the second with typical traces of use and wear; the
carved in high relief with rabbits in a mass of breaking waves, third with minimal signs of old nunome; the fourth with faded
illegible signature; the third Nagamaru gata, an oval sukashi numome; the fifth, originally with four tatsu dragons, now with
tsuba pierced with a stylized geometric design in openwork; the two and a half missing
fourth a twenty-lobed tsuba carved with clouds in the outer ring Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection
and decorated in gold nunome, unsigned; the fifth a Maru-gata
tsuba decorated on either side with a bronze gilt tatsu (serpent Estimate EUR 600,-
body dragon) in takabori (relief carving), with signs of silver inlay, Starting price EUR 300,-
unsigned. Further images of all lots at: www.zacke.at

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