Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Shakudō kozuka with a mon of daikon radishes in solid high relief on a nanako ground, attributed to the Ko-Gotō school; the mon comes from a late Muromachi kōgai.
Unsigned kozuka attributed by the original seller to the Ko-Gotō school, the earliest Gotō generations. The mon depicts daikon radishes with their leaves, carved in solid, voluminous takabori on a shakudō plate with an evenly granulated nanako ground; the reverse is plain shakudō. The photographs show a deep, even black shakudō on both the mon and the body, a sign of good-quality material. According to the original seller, this is a kōgai-naoshi: the mon belonged to a late Muromachi kōgai and was converted into a kozuka, probably in the early to mid Edo period, which accounts for its weight (33.32 g) and its strong relief. It measures 9.76 × 1.46 cm. Wear has polished the high points and almost erased the engraved veins of the leaves, while the nanako remains crisp. The original seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper and a paulownia box; the paper does not appear in the photographs.
Strong points
- Mon in solid high-relief takabori with strong presence
- Deep, even black shakudō
- Regular, well-preserved nanako ground
- Late Muromachi mon attributed to Ko-Gotō
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper declared by the original seller
Points to bear in mind
- Kōgai-naoshi: the mon comes from a kōgai converted into a kozuka in the Edo period
- Visible wear: leaf veins nearly lost and high points polished
- Unsigned; a school attribution, not to a specific master
- The declared paper does not appear in the photographs
Score
53.2 / 100
- Maker 9 of 25 Attributed to a school only
- Workmanship 10 of 20 Good work
- Condition 9 of 18 Visible wear
- Period 12 of 12 Muromachi or earlier (before 1573)
- Paper 4 of 10 NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Extras 0 of 5 No complete set by the same maker and no inscribed box
- Price 9.2 of 10 Rank 10 of 107 by price among pieces of its type, from the most affordable to the dearest
The score shares out 100 points: Maker 25 · Workmanship 20 · Condition 18 · Period 12 · Paper 10 · Extras 5 · Price 10. It is computed from the record, not from an opinion. Maker, workmanship, condition and period are judged from the photographs and the paper; price is compared only with fittings of the same type.
Details
- Type
- Kozuka
- Maker
- Goto
- Period
- Muromachi or earlier (before 1573)
- Material
- Shakudō
- Paper
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Signature
- Unsigned (mumei)
- School
- Ko-Gotō
- Technique
- Nanako (fish-roe ground), Takabori (high relief)
- Dating
- Late Muromachi period (16th c.); mounted as a kozuka in Edo