A PAIR OF EDO KINKO MENUKI

LATE EDO--MEIJI PERIODS (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOKOSAI SETSUGA KOKU

Details

A PAIR OF EDO KINKO MENUKI
late edo--meiji periods (late 19th century), signed tokosai setsuga koku
Of copper, one portraying Daikoku seated by his bag and holding mice in each hand and kozuchi (mallet), and one with Ebisu with a large seabream and his fishing rod
Width 1.3/8in. (3.5cm.) and 1in. (3.8cm.), 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. 60.