A PAIR OF KYOTO KINKO ICHINOMIYA SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), ONE SIGNED NAGATSUNE AND WITH KAO, THE OTHER WITH KAO

Details

A PAIR OF KYOTO KINKO ICHINOMIYA SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century), one signed nagatsune and with kao, the other with kao
Of gold and shibuichi formed as two eteko (monkeys), the shibuichi monkey holding a branch of gold beans and the other eating and pointing, both faces in copper and the eyes in gold and shakudo
Width 16in. (3.6cm.) and 16in. (3.9cm.), thickness 6mm. 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. 30 and back cover.