The Mosle catalogue - a request ....

[docliss]

Does any kind member have a copy of the Moslé catalogue? Haynes describes a tsuba on p. 273, #871 of this catalogue as ‘mokkō shape iron plate tsuba a centipede carved in sunken relief, signed Murakami Sumifuru and kao, and on the reverse signed Andō Naohiro…’. I should very much like a scan of this entry if you would be so kind.

 

With thanks, John L.

[Pete Klein]

John -- the first book of the 1914 Mosle Catalogue is stored on a pdf here: http://www.nihontomessageboard.com/articles/Mosle.pdf

 

I could not find the item you mentioned. Not all of his collection was pictured in the plates.

 

BTW: when you go to the link it takes awhile to download.

[docliss]

Thank you Pete. I too looked at that posting and was unable to find the reference. I note that this only has 133 pages - perhaps there is a second catalogue? John L.

[Pete Klein]

The second catalog does not have fittings. It is lacquer, clothing and other items. Mosle had a diverse collection of Japanese art forms.

I once had the set and have been looking for another for some time now.

[Ludolf Richter]

Maybe thomeone has the 2 sales calalogues from 1948.Ludolf

PS.I tried to get these catalogues for years and and would pay for copies if a member of our board has them .

[DirkO]

Klefish will include Mosle catalogues in their next sale (13/10):

 

http://www.klefisch.com/index.php?page_id=4&catalog=51&catalog_cat=4539&page=0&itemid=19410

[Pete Klein]

These are the other books which go with the 1914 set:

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.c ... collection

 

The 1932 and 1933 set are harder to find than the 1914, believe it or not.

 

BTW -- the Klefisch auction books were available at the last auction and had a high reserve. That 500/600 E estimate is way low. The last set I saw went for $5000.

[Soshin]

Hi John L.,

 

You request reminded me of the following nice tsuba sold on Grey's website over the weekend: http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/holbrook-tsuba/h304-sumifuranaohiro. As Pete also linked to his website Grey maybe a good source of information. I am not that familiar with the collection. Sorry about not being much help.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles