A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIROCHIKA AND WITH KAO

Details

A PAIR OF MITO SCHOOL MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), signed hirochika and with kao
Of shibuichi, each formed as a pair of large and small turtles, the details of the eyes in gilt
Width 1in. (4.5cm.) and 1.11/16in. (4.3cm.), thickness 5mm. 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. 63.