A PAIR OF EDO KINKO SONOBE SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO--EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIDETADA

Details

A PAIR OF EDO KINKO SONOBE SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo--early meiji period (late 19th century), signed hidetada
The gold pair carved in high and low relief as peonies, details of the petals and leaves realistically rendered, and applied with tiny silver dewdrops
Width 1.11/16in. (4.2cm.) and 1.5/8in. (4.2cm.), thickness 4mm. 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. 27.