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
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