A PAIR OF EDO KINKO ICHIRYU AND HAMANO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ON TANZAKU MASATOSHI AND TOMOTSUGU

Details

A PAIR OF EDO KINKO ICHIRYU AND HAMANO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed on tanzaku masatoshi and tomotsugu
The gold elongated menuki formed as geese in flight, the details of the feathers carved in fine kebori
Width 2in. (5.7cm.) each, thickness 4mm. and 5.5mm. (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. 34.