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A GROUP OF FOUR MENUKI                                                   A GROUP OF FOUR PAIRS OF MENUKI
The first by Kagehisa, Edo period (19th century)                         Edo period (18th/19th century)
The first a gold, silver and shakudo menuki formed as Kikujido (the      Comprising a pair of copper menuki formed as chrysanthemum heads
Chrysanthemum Boy), signed Kagehisa; the second formed as a              on a stream; a pair of yamagane menuki of long-eared oni with traces
fleeing oni in gold, copper and shakudo; the third formed as Shoki and   of gilt; a pair of copper, gold and shakudo menuki formed as puppies
an oni in gold, copper and shibuichi; the fourth a gold gourd on a vine  with awabi shells; a pair of menuki formed as an Ashinaga and a
1 5/8in (4.1cm) wide (the largest)                                       Tenaga in copper with gilt highlights
$1,600 - 1,800                                                           2 3/8in (6cm) high (the largest)
                                                                         $1,200 - 1,800
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Edo period (18th/19th century)                                           A GROUP OF SIX PAIRS AND A SINGLE MENUKI
Comprising a pair of gold shishi; the second a pair of button-style      Edo period (19th century)
menuki with gold dragons on a shakudo nanako ground; the third two       Comprising a single gold menuki formed as a rooster; a pair of
pairs of gilt copper gamboling shishi                                    shakudo and gold shishi, one with a ball in its mouth, signed
1 5/8in (4.2cm) wide (the largest)                                       Hidetaka; a pair of gold, silver and copper menuki formed as New
$1,400 - 1,800                                                           Year’s emblems, signed Nakagawa Kazunao; a pair of menuki of a
                                                                         charcoal brazier and tongs in copper, silver, gold and shakudo; a pair
                                                                         of shakudo and gold menuki formed as swords and helmets; a pair
                                                                         of menuki formed as conch shells in shibuichi, shakudo and gold,
                                                                         inscribed Iwamoto Konkan; a pair of copper menuki formed as crayfish
                                                                         with shakudo eyes, signed Masataka with a kao
                                                                         2 1/8 (5.3cm) wide (the largest)
                                                                         $1,000 - 1,500

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