FS - Pair of nice Edo-period menuki with quails in tall grass

[Higo-san]

Dear all

 

I also have this set of nice little menuki which I would like to offer for sale. These came from an old wakizashi mounting with an old handle wrapping which unfortunately fell apart. The menuki are slightly bent (which is not a damage but an important feature for authentic old menuki) and date from the second half of the Edo period. The style is clearly influenced by machibori schools like the Ishiguro school. Even though the quality is far away from the Ishiguro masterpieces, the amount of detail is still quite nice.

 

Dimensions (each):

 

Width: 2.94 cm

(Average) Height: 1.25 cm

Thickness: about 0.4 cm

 

Asking price: EUR 240.00 plus actual shipping costs from Germany (will be somewhere between EUR 15 and EUR 45 depending on your location)

 

Best

 

Chris

[Higo-san]

Price drop to EUR 210.00 plus shipping

[Bugyotsuji]

Possibly these are quails in millet, Chris.

[Higo-san]

You are right, Piers! 

[1kinko]

Not Suzuki grass?

[Higo-san]

I think Darrel hit the nail. Thanks!

[Bugyotsuji]

Yes, I considered Susuki, but then found some photos of millet that resemble those depicted in the menuki, besides which 'Quail in Millet' was a popular subject in late Edo, early Meiji. (Quails eat millet, but not Susuki grass!) 

[Higo-san]

Price reduction to EUR 180 plus shipping

[Higo-san]

Price drop to EUR 160.00 plus shipping!