EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A KURA AND ABUMI [SADDLE AND STIRRUPS]
Edo Period (19th Century)
The wooden saddle frame decorated in gold takamakie and hiramakie with a design of peonies and foliage on a gold nashiji ground, retaining its kagami-shihote loops for attaching the harness, with a pair of iron stirrups similarly decorated, fur and gilt leather shitagura and aori, and partially gilt black leather kurashiki [saddle pad], some old damage
Saddle 14½in. (37cm.) long and stirrups approx. 11¾in. (30 cm.) long
Edo Period (19th Century)
The wooden saddle frame decorated in gold takamakie and hiramakie with a design of peonies and foliage on a gold nashiji ground, retaining its kagami-shihote loops for attaching the harness, with a pair of iron stirrups similarly decorated, fur and gilt leather shitagura and aori, and partially gilt black leather kurashiki [saddle pad], some old damage
Saddle 14½in. (37cm.) long and stirrups approx. 11¾in. (30 cm.) long