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A GROUP OF BRONZE MIRRORS AND IMPLEMENTS Hachiuma Kanesuke (1894-1960) was a powerful business man
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (7TH-9TH CENTURY) and politician in early 20th century and was originally from
The group includes gilt-bronze ornaments, mirrors and Hyogo Prefecture. In 1994, his third son, Tadasu (B. 1928)
harness fittings donated Korean artworks from Kanesuke’s collection founded
Largest 5¡ in. (13.7 cm.) long in the 1920s and 1930s to the National Museum of Korea. The
With five-tiered wood box donated works include stone knives, bronze ornaments from the
Three Kingdoms Period and gilt-bronze Buddhist sculptures from
$8,000-12,000 Unified Silla Dynasty, could be viewed at Hachiuma Tadasu
Gallery in the museum.
PROVENANCE:
Hachiuma Collection, Japan.