Lot 43
Eight miscellaneous kashira, twenty-one various menuki and nine metal ojime 19th century
11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,920 inc. premium
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19th century
The kashira all of shibuichi, cast, carved and inlaid with an elephant, manzai dancers, Chinese generals, Benkei, Kyogen dancer, travelling priest and two Gentoku on horseback; the menuki variously of figures, animals, reptiles, birds and mon, in soft metals, many with gilt details; the ojime of soft metals, cast with a variety of designs, three signed Issei. (38).
The kashira all of shibuichi, cast, carved and inlaid with an elephant, manzai dancers, Chinese generals, Benkei, Kyogen dancer, travelling priest and two Gentoku on horseback; the menuki variously of figures, animals, reptiles, birds and mon, in soft metals, many with gilt details; the ojime of soft metals, cast with a variety of designs, three signed Issei. (38).
Footnotes
縁頭 8点、 目貫 21点、 金工緒締 9点 19世紀