Goto Menuki For Tanto
T0061
A fine small set of Goto school menuki, 2.72 cm x 1.54 cm x 7.2 mm & 2.74 cm x 1.61 cm x 7.4 mm (note: the measurement of the width includes the extended post). Shakudo base with silver and gold attached in utori (sheet gold wrapped around the base), not plating as seen in later work. Looking through Tosogu Go Kebori Meihin Shusei, a book on the seventeen generations of Goto, it appears that utori is evident though the early to mid generations, after which time plating was employed. Boxed $1,150
Detail
Gold Utori
Examples of the Fourth, Fifth, & Sixth Goto Showing Utori