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EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Pair of Menuki and Three Pouch Clasps**
Edo-Meiji period (19th century)
Comprising a pair of gold menuki formed as peonies in takabori; a large gold pouch clasp with a Chinese warrior and a dragon in crashing waves cast and carved in relief; a small gold pouch clasp with a phoenix in paulownia cast and carved in relief with shakudo and copper details; a shakudo gold and coral pouch clasp formed as two mice on a pepper (4)
Edo-Meiji period (19th century)
Comprising a pair of gold menuki formed as peonies in takabori; a large gold pouch clasp with a Chinese warrior and a dragon in crashing waves cast and carved in relief; a small gold pouch clasp with a phoenix in paulownia cast and carved in relief with shakudo and copper details; a shakudo gold and coral pouch clasp formed as two mice on a pepper (4)
Provenance
The menuki: Mrs. George A. Crocker and Malcolm MacMartin, New York
The pouch clasps: Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, New York
The pouch clasps: Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, New York
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.
Sale room notice
Please note that the coral pouch clasp is signed Kikugawa.