A PAIR OF ISHIGURO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTION SIGNED ON TANZAKU ISHIGURO, MASAYOSHI

Details

A PAIR OF ISHIGURO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), attribution signed on tanzaku ishiguro, masayoshi
The gold fittings formed to represent seated hunters with animals, one with a rooster and the other holding the leash of a dog, both carrying war fans
Width 1.3/8in. (3.5cm.) and 16in. (3.3cm.), thickness 4mm. each (2)

Exhibited

Mikimoto Hall, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo, 1980.3.14--23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), no. 43.

For other fittings by Masayoshi see lot 600.