128. 128W A MATCHING SET OF KURA (SADDLE) AND ABUMI (STIRRUPs) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The kura of standard form, made from lacquered wood fitted with a cushion and tying cords, the visible surfaces all finished in fine gold hirame flakes and decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a design of sparrows and rice sheaves, the underside unlacquered; the abumi of iron, also of standard form and decorated in the same manner as the kura Saddle : 38 x 26 x 30cm; stirrups : 29 x 22 x 12cm (each) (3). Provenance Bernard Le Dauphin