A PAIR OF HAMANO SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details

A PAIR OF HAMANO SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century)
The small gold pair formed and decorated in silver, shakudo, copper and shibuichi zogan with manzai dancers, the details in gilt, one dancer looking up and holding a drum, the other smiling and holding an open fan, details of the garments finely carved
Height 16in. (2.6cm.), 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. 45.