A PAIR OF OMORI SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU TERUHIDE

Details

A PAIR OF OMORI SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century), signed on tanzaku teruhide
The gold pair representing tigers, one crouching and the other growling, the stripes in shakudo
Width 1.1/8in. (2.9cm.) and 1in. (2.5cm.), 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. 72.

Omori Teruhide (1730-1798) was the student of Terumasa, who later adopted him. He created new techniques and had many students.