Bidspirit auction | TWO JAPANESE KOZUKA, HAMANO LINEAGE


TWO JAPANESE KOZUKA, HAMANO LINEAGE AND ANONYMOUS - Edo Period, Ca. 19th century AD. A group of two kozuka, both made of copper alloy (shibuichi migakiji), the upper one chiselled and with flat inlay of gold, silver, and copper, depicting a dragon raising a storm around Mount Fuji, on the back is a scene of a rider with attendants in the rain, the second is of gold and silver inlay with a crescent moon rising from sea waves. The first is with signature Zuiundo Naoyuki (Kuzui). Size: 100-105mm x 15-15mm; Weight: 60g Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Bonhams, 15 May 2012, lots 33 and 17.