Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Shakudō kozuka with a nanako ground and a gold shishi in high relief, signed 宗與 (Sōyo) with kaō on the reverse; Yokoya school, mid-Edo period.
Kozuka of the Yokoya school, signed on the reverse 宗與 (Sōyo) followed by his kaō, chiselled on a diagonal gold band. According to the original seller, Sōyo, born in Edo in 1700, was the adopted son and pupil of Sōmin and became head of the Yokoya line in 1733. The face is a shakudō plate with fine, even nanako; at its centre a recumbent shishi beside a large ball and curling clouds, worked in gold takabori, with mane, curls and claws finely chiselled. The shishi was one of the school's favourite subjects. The reverse is polished shakudō, divided diagonally by the gold plate bearing the signature. The photographs show intact nanako, a deep black patina and the gold relief without losses; the gold on the reverse has fine wear scratches. Dimensions stated by the seller: 9.83 × 1.45 cm. The original seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, which does not appear in the photographs.
Strong points
- Gold takabori shishi, an emblematic Yokoya subject
- Fine, even shakudō nanako ground
- Signature 宗與 (Sōyo) with kaō on the gold band of the reverse
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper declared by the original seller
Points to bear in mind
- The paper does not appear in the photographs; Sōyo's signature is among the most copied and its confirmation rests on the paper
- Fine wear scratches on the gold of the reverse
- Only two photographs, with no edge views or close-ups
Score
49.8 / 100
- Maker 9 of 25 Attributed to a school only
- Workmanship 15 of 20 Notable work
- Condition 14 of 18 Good condition
- Period 7 of 12 Mid-Edo (1688–1781)
- Paper 4 of 10 NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Extras 0 of 5 No complete set by the same maker and no inscribed box
- Price 0.8 of 10 Rank 98 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
- Sōyo
- Period
- Mid-Edo (1688–1781)
- Material
- Shakudō, Gold
- Paper
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōsōgu
- Signature
- Signed
- School
- Yokoya
- Inscription
- 宗與 花押 (Sōyo kaō)
- Technique
- Takabori (high relief), Nanako (fish-roe ground), Migaki (burnished)
- Dating
- Mid-Edo period (18th century)