Lot 50*
A pair of gold menuki By the Motohiro family, late 18th/early 19th century
11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £3,000
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By the Motohiro family, late 18th/early 19th century
Each in the form of two pups playing with a cord attached to an awabi shell, signed Motohiro with kao. 3.8cm (1½in). (2).
Each in the form of two pups playing with a cord attached to an awabi shell, signed Motohiro with kao. 3.8cm (1½in). (2).
Footnotes
目貫 犬 銘元廣 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
The maker is probably Nakagami Motohiro of Kyoto, a student of Otsuki Mitsuyoshi and of Otsuki Mitsutoshi (see R.Haynes, Index no. H 05869)