Bidspirit auction | JAPANESE KOZUKA WITH NANBAN DESIGNS


JAPANESE KOZUKA WITH NANBAN DESIGNS - Ca. AD 1700 - 1900. > A kozuka made of shakud_ (a darkened copper-gold alloy), and it is decorated in iroe takaz_gan (multi-metal inlay in high relief), featuring a botanical scene and Nanban designs. >>Size: 75mm x 22mm; Weight: 10g. > Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex Bonhams 13 May 2013, lot 525. >>