A PAIR OF OMORI SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTION SIGNED ON TANZAKU HISANORI AND WITH KAO, THE BOX WITH HAKOGAKI BY KUWAHARA SOKEI

Details

A PAIR OF OMORI SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century), attribution signed on tanzaku hisanori and with kao, the box with hakogaki by Kuwahara Sokei
Of shakudo with copper, silver and shibuichi iro-e details, depicting Gentoku with a sword and Kan'u with a halberd, details in gilt
Height 2in. (5cm.) and 26in. (3.7cm.), thickness 5mm. 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. 67 and front cover.