Lot n° 121
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JAPAN, YATSUSHIRO SCHOOL - EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th ce - Lot 121
JAPAN, YATSUSHIRO SCHOOL - EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th century
Openwork iron maru gata of "a thousand monkeys" (senbiki saru) with gilded copper inlaid eyes, including three monkeys at the top of the seppadai, one hiding his mouth, one his ears, one his eyes (sanbiki saru). The gilded mimi. Unsigned.
Diam. 6.9 cm.
Featured in the exhibition Samouraïs. Guerriers et esthètes, Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg, from March 11 to July 13, 2022, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog, n°151, p.151.
Reference: similar Tsuba in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, n°91.1.751
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