AN EDO KINKO CLASP

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHURAKU

Details

AN EDO KINKO CLASP
meiji period (late 19th century), signed shuraku
Of gold, in the form of Hikken holding a brush and inkstone riding a shachi (a fabulous monster fish)
Width 16in (4cm.), thickness 4mm.

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. 107.