A PAIR OF KYOTO KINKO MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUHAKUDO, YOSHIAKI (SHIMIZU YOSHIAKI) AND WITH KAO

Details

A PAIR OF KYOTO KINKO MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed shuhakudo, yoshiaki (shimizu yoshiaki) and with kao
The gold fittings carved as cranes flying over splashing ocean waves against the rising sun
Width 1in. (4.5cm.), 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. 51.