FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 20TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF JAPANESE SILVER INLAID IRON AND RED LACQUER ABUMI (STIRRUPS), 17TH/18TH CEN.

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Start price: $600

Estimated price: $900 - $1,200

Buyer's premium:

18th-century iron and silver-inlaid abumi of characteristic form, an encircled peony flower crest surrounded with a geometric pattern, the interior retains the original wood lining decorated in red lacquer. The sides and underside also inlaid. Signed by the maker. Edo period.

Provenance: Private collection in Pennsylvania.

H: 9 1/4 in., (23.5 cm.) L: 10 1/4 in., (26 cm.)

Condition: Very good.