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Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Unknown Artist

The inscription is by Gotō Mitsumasa (1695–1742), twelfth generation master of the main line Gotō School. It indicates that the chiseled gold peony ornament is by his predecessor, Gotō Kojō (1529–1620), fourth generation Gotō master, while the rest of the knife handle is by Mitsumasa. It features a design of a peony.

Credit: Gift of the Baber Family, in loving memory of Charles Chenault Baber, 2012

Late 16th century and 18th century

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

9.7in

2012.528.5

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019