• $1540

A shakudo o-kozuka
Otsuki School, 19th century
Engraved in katakiri and kebori with a courtesan parading, accompanied by an attendant who holds a parasol over her head, the reverse of shibuichi similarly engraved with a skull and bones among grasses beneath a two-line inscription, signed Tsuki Mitsuoki.
FOOTNOTES
小柄　花魁　銘「月光興」　19世紀

Provenance: C.P. Peak collection.
Edward Gilbertson collection.
Clement Milward collection, purchased at Sotheby’s London, 1967.