A HAMANO SCHOOL ZUSHI (MINIATURE SHRINE)

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED MEIWA GO (1768) TORIDOSHI, HAMANO NORIYUKI, TSUTSUSHINDE KORE HORU AND SEALED

Details

A HAMANO SCHOOL ZUSHI (MINIATURE SHRINE)
mid edo period (18th century), inscribed meiwa go (1768) toridoshi, hamano noriyuki, tsutsushinde kore horu and sealed
The small statue of Sho Kannon standing on a lotus base, the halo carved with scrolling foliage and a jewel to the top; with a gold lacquer miniature shrine with front opening doors, the interior gold lacquer, the kanamono elaborately carved with leaves
The statue height 1.5/8in. (4.1cm.), the lacquer case height 2.1/8in. (5.3cm.) (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), pl. 21.