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INSCRIBED IN INK KANBUN 5-NEN [1665] 9-GATSU KICHI-JITSU AND KAO, EDO PERIOD (17TH-19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Kura [saddle]
Inscribed in ink Kanbun 5-nen [1665] 9-gatsu Kichi-jitsu and kao, Edo Period (17th-19th Century)
The wood frame with nashiji ground, the front and back in black lacquer and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother of pearl with bamboo and mon, slight old wear and damage
37cm. long
Inscribed in ink Kanbun 5-nen [1665] 9-gatsu Kichi-jitsu and kao, Edo Period (17th-19th Century)
The wood frame with nashiji ground, the front and back in black lacquer and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and inlaid in mother of pearl with bamboo and mon, slight old wear and damage
37cm. long
Literature
Yoshiie Takatsu ed., Kura to Abumi (Kyoto, 1983), pl. 5.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.