Product Description

5646        A bronze giboshi (Japanese architectural post finial)

Japan 18^th century Edo period, 1705*

Dimensions: H. 46 cm x Diam. 20.5 cm (18¼” x 8¼”)

Provenance: Chishakuin Temple, Kyoto

Inscribed :

Chishakuin Kondo kinhoju Hoei-ni kinototori-nen Chushu-bi kore(o)tsukuru Yako Yoshida Omi (Chishakuin temple, Main Hall, gold jewel, made on a day of mid-autumn in 1705 by metalworker Yoshida Omi)*