Lot 561
561
A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI
A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOKKYO ICHIJO

Details
A PAIR OF GOTO ICHIJO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed hokkyo ichijo
The gold pair formed as seated Manchurian cranes, the feathers of the tail decorated in shakudo zogan and the top of the head accentuated in copper, the eyes in shakudo
Width 1in. (3.2cm.), 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. 25.

For other fittings by Goto Ichijo see lots 558, 559 and 560.