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VARIOUS ARTISTS AND TYPES nanako with a flower raft, the other migakiji with pine and bamboo; one
Edo period (1615-1868) 18th to 19th century shakudo nanako kozuka with a minogame (a bushy-tailed turtle), one
30 kozuka and seven fuchi-gashira with a duck swimming and one with a samurai scene; some of the fuchi-
The kozuka: five copper migakiji and one copper nanako, eight shibuichi, gashira unassociated sets: the first gilt and enamel with floral decoration,
seven iron, four brass or sentoku, two gilt metal, and three shakudo the second shibuichi, shakudo, gold, and silver with a bird and Mount
nanako (one converted into a kiseru [tobacco pipe]); the copper Fuji, the third brass ishimeji and other metals, with a landscape, the fourth
kozukaincluding two with katagiribori chiselling, one with shishiaibori shibuichi and other metals, as a helmet, the fifth shakudo nanako, gold,
chiselling and relief inlay, one with flush inlay and one with relief inlay, and copper with an oxherd, dragon, and clouds, the sixth iron, with gold
decorated with various animal and figure subjects; the shibuichi kozuka nunomezogan of leaves and tendrils, the seventh shakudo ishimeji and
including one with minute inlay of boatmen, with signature Hoson other metals, with rustic buildings and pines. (44).
Sozaemon Masamori, one with Shoki in katagiribori, with signature Soyo,
and one with the moon and snow-laden bamboo, signed Akitada (Haynes £1,000 - 1,500
00072); the iron kozuka all with inlay of another metal including one JPY190,000 - 290,000
imitating the branch of a tree, with a spider, one chiselled in katagiribori US$1,300 - 2,000
with Ashinaga, and one chiselled in relief with a nio; one gilt-metal kozuka
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. SAMURAI · SNOW · SPECTACLE | 109