KOSHIRAE WITH MOTHER OF PEARL INLAYS

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/18/2025

Approximately 40 - 3/8" in total length. Saya with a fabulously textured nashiji textured ground accented with seven mother-of-pearl inlays of paulownia flowers, three on one side, four on the other. Mounts are brass, incised with floral scrollwork. Oversized menuki depicting an oni with a kanabo on a spiderweb, with kanabo studs and other accents in gold. Black tsuka-ito over sa-me. CONDITION: Very good, with some surface level scratches and scrapes throughout. Most significant is splitting up with spine and belly; appears stable but should be addressed. It is highly unusual to see mounts with this level of Mother of Pearl used.