Live Auction 7256Japanese Art and Design Including Netsuke from the Estate of His Royal Highness The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG.,KT.,KP
TWO PAIRS OF MENUKI AND A SET OF FUCHI KASHIRA
Lot 269

TWO PAIRS OF MENUKI AND A SET OF FUCHI KASHIRA

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

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GBP 1,800

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TWO PAIRS OF MENUKI AND A SET OF FUCHI KASHIRA
Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
A pair of shakudo menuki of tadpoles signed Yurakusai Sekibun; a pair of shibuichi menuki of a rat with another emerging from a hole in a straw hat, signed Tsunenao, a set of shibuichi fuchi kashira with Daikoku Ten expelling demons by throwing beans, and with rats on his bales of rice, carved in katakiribori, signed Sadanaka (3)

Specialist note

The second accompanied by a Tokubetsu Kicho Kodogu [Sword Fitting Specially Worthy of Preserving] certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword], no.1218, May 5th 1973
The third accompanied by a Tokubetsu Kicho Kodogu [Sword Fitting Specially Worthy of Preserving] certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword], no.137, March 11th 1982