browse these categories for related items...
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Swords and Related: Pre 1900: Item # 1459401

Click to view additional online photographs

Zentner Collection
View Seller Profile
5757 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.653.5181

Guest Book

Japanese antique samurai kura horse saddle. Carved of wood and lacquered black with shell inlay covering the maewa (front arched plate) as well as the shizuwa (rear arched plate). The maewa and shizuwa are connected by two igi (contoured side bands). The igi rest on either side of the horse's spine and serve as the under frame for the leather seat (basen or kura tsubo) and are slotted for stirrup straps (chikara-gawa or gekiso) to pass through. Obscured signature on the bottom. Mounted on custom stand.

Age: Edo Period 18th century

Dimensions: 12" high (18" high on stand) x 16" wide x 14" long