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EDO PERIOD (18TH/19TH CENTURY)
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A KURA [SADDLE]
Edo Period (18th/19th Century)
The wood frame black lacquered and decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e [high and low relief lacquer] depicting butterflies and grasses, the butterflies inlaid with mother of pearl inlay, the front plate bearing a mon [crest] of an arrow flight in a circle, probably the Mori family of Saiki in Bungo
Edo Period (18th/19th Century)
The wood frame black lacquered and decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e [high and low relief lacquer] depicting butterflies and grasses, the butterflies inlaid with mother of pearl inlay, the front plate bearing a mon [crest] of an arrow flight in a circle, probably the Mori family of Saiki in Bungo
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