A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details

A PAIR OF YANAGAWA SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century)
Of gold karashishi each holding a silvered peony between its teeth, curled hair
Width 1in. (3.2cm.), thickness 6mm. 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. 52.