Shakudo Menuki, Shishi, Edo Period, Excellent Carving

[Tcat]

Offered for sale are a pair of Edo era menuki made from high quality shakudo in the form of Shishi, sized for tanto or wakizashi.

The level of the carving is quite exceptional and difficult to capture with a camera phone. No signature.

 

Sale includes custom carved kiri wood box with cushion.

 

US $400 +shipping. 5% of the sale will be donated to NMB.

 

 

 

 

[Tcat]

I have located the Aoi-Art appraisal sheet for these menuki, which provides some additional details. My opinion is that this pair was likely made by a Kaga-kinko school, whose works often feature this style of carving in shakudo and gold.

 

 

Price reduced to $375 (shipped+insured CONUS).

[Tcat]

Bump and substantial reduction to $325  (shipped+insured CONUS) for this unusually well-carved pair.
 

Note the double exclamation point on the attribution remarks, unusually emphatic.

 

5% of the sale will be donated to NMB.

 

 

[Tcat]

Do I hear $300 (shipped CONUS) for these triumphs in antique Japanese traditional miniature carving?

Dime for scale. 

[2devnul]

Hi,

Very nice indeed, Goto school (I'm still looking for Tsuba BTW) perhaps? I think these are way to nice to go under wrapping and would be ideal (if one wants to put them 'on') for Aikuchi Tanto. 

 

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25 minutes ago, 2devnul said:

Very nice indeed, Goto school perhaps? I think these are way to nice to go under wrapping…

 

Hi Adam, and thank you. Goto school I am not sure, but the quality is on par with some of the top kinko schools of the age. I agree that however they are mounted, they should be seen, because the carving work is so good! Having said that, they can be enjoyed as is. I have hung onto them for fourteen years and enjoyed studying them in the box with a magnifying glass. Now is the right time to find them a new home. 100% confident they will paper to an Edo kinko school. For their level, they are priced to fly away rapidly and I’m a little surprised they haven’t already done so.