Live Auction 8964BUSHELL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS & WORKS OF ART
A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI
Lot 592

A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century)
Of gold karashishi each holding a silvered peony between its teeth, curled hair
Width 1in. (3.2cm.), thickness 6mm. each (2)

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PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), no. 52.