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           TEN KOZUKA                        TEN KOZUKA                       TEN KOZUKA
           Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century   Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century   Edo period (1615-1868) to Showa era
           Four of shibuichi, the first carved and inlaid with   Four of shibuichi, the first inlaid in iro-e with a   (1926-1989), 19th to 20th century
           two grooms restraining a horse, signed Echizen   rooster on a fence, signed Toshinaga with a   Four of shibuichi, the first carved and inlaid
           no daijo Minamoto Nagatsune with a kao;   kao; the second engraved with Hotei gazing   with Shoriken and a tiger, signed Gyokuyoken
           the second engraved with Shoki and an oni,   at the moon, signed Somin with a kao; the   Katsunori; the second carved with a breaking
           signed Somin with a kao; the third engraved   third inlaid with Urashima Taro on a minogame  wave, signed Hamano Masatoshi; the third
           and inlaid with a bat-catcher, signed Jochiku;   (bushy-tailed tortoises), unsigned; the fourth   carved and inlaid with fish swimming in
           the fourth inlaid with kirimon and umemon with   inlaid with a nightingale and moon, unsigned;   turbulent water, unsigned; the fourth engraved
           a kao; three of shakudo, the first of the Goto   three of silver, the first inlaid in Goto style   with five horses, signed Yasuchika; three of
           School, inlaid in gilt metal and silver with o-sode  with a pleasure boat, unsigned; the second   copper, the first inlaid with a spider in its web,
           (shoulder guards), unsigned; the second in   cast with an eel among waterweeds, signed   unsigned; the second with a poster on a post,
           Mino-Goto style, inlaid with a running dragon,   Muneyoshi saku (Made by Muneyoshi); the   signed Yoshishige; the third a shiiremono
           unsigned; the third with a lotus plant, details in   third with a baton, signed Goto Mitsuyoshi   cast with Fudo Myo-o, inscribed Yasuchika;
           gold, signed Tenkodo Hidekuni saku, Ichiyushi   with a kao; two of iron, the first with a foreign   one of shakudo nanako inlaid with a tiger and
           kan (Made by Tenkodo Hidekuni, supervised   musician and dog in relief with inlay, signed   bamboo, signed Fuyusai Naotsune with a kao;
           by Ichiyushi) with a kao; one of silver, inlaid in   Otsuryuken Miboku; the second inlaid in silver   one of iron, inlaid in gold with the Buddha in a
           Goto style with a pleasure boat, unsigned; one   with a skull and bones in a field, unsigned;   cave, unsigned; and one of brass, carved with
           of copper, carved with a hanging scroll, signed   and one of shakudo carved and inlaid with   Omori Hikoshichi, inscribed Joi and sealed
           Hakakufu Kumatani Yoshimasa (Kumatani   a dragon among clouds, unsigned. (10).  Nagaharu. (10).
           Yoshimasa of Hakakufu) with a kao; and one
           of iron, inlaid with a dragonfly, signed Jukodo   £2,000 - 3,000   £2,000 - 3,000
           and sealed. (10).                 JPY260,000 - 400,000             JPY260,000 - 400,000
                                             US$2,500 - 3,700                 US$2,500 - 3,700
           £2,000 - 3,000
           JPY260,000 - 400,000              Provenance:                      Provenance:
           US$2,500 - 3,700                  The sixth: sold in these Rooms,   The eighth: Purchased at Sotheby’s London,
                                             10 May 2011, lot 67.             14 July 2005, lot 919 (partial lot).
           Provenance:                       The seventh: Sotheby’s London,   The second and sixth: Purchased at Sotheby’s
           The third, sixth, and ninth: Sotheby’s London,   9 November 2006, lot 947 (partial lot).  London, 9 November 2006,
           9 November 2006, lot 947 (partial lot).                            lot 947 (partial lot).
                                                                              The fifth: Sold in these rooms, 10 May 2011,
                                                                              lot 26 (partial lot).


                                                    For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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