A PAIR OF EDO KINKO MURAKAMI SCHOOL MENUKI

MID EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED JOCHIKU

Details

A PAIR OF EDO KINKO MURAKAMI SCHOOL MENUKI
mid edo period (18th century), signed jochiku
Of shibuichi formed as a pair of flounders, the horizontal lines inlaid in gold hirazogan, the eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl
Width 16in. (3.6cm.), 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. 65.

Murakami Jochiku was active from the Meiwa-Anei eras (1764-1781) to the Tenmei-Kansei eras (1781-1801). Jochiku's use of color and texture in soft-metal differs from that of other traditions.