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1089
A GROUP OF 14 KANAMONO (METAL
FITTINGS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Comprising an oval shibuichi clasp with a
puppeteer in iro-e takazogan, takabori, and
shishiai-bori, fitted as brooch; a rectangular
shibuichi clasp with a woman raising a
walking stick at two pheasants perched in a
cherry tree in iro-e takazogan and takabori;
a shakudo clasp formed as a cicada with
gold highlights, contained within a silver
frame, the reverse with an illegible seal; a
small rounded rectangular silvered copper
clasp with Hotei leaning on his treasure sack
in iro-e takazogan; a small gilt-metal clasp
formed as a fan and flute, decorated with a
shakudo paulownia crest; a small shibuichi
clasp formed as Daitoku holding a basket
of flowers; a small clasp formed as a pair of
paulownia blossoms in gold and shakudo;
a small shakudo clasp formed as a figure
holding a handscroll, with gilt highlights; a
small iron clasp formed as Jurojin with a
peach, with silver highlights; a clasp formed
as a feather fan and a tea bowl in a brocade
bag in shakudo and a gold and copper
hirazogan; three shakudo menuki formed as
a basket of flowers, a bundle of rice stalks,
a phoenix, and a circular shakudo disc
menuki carved with Monju, all with overlays
1089 of gold and silver, two of the menuki fitted as
brooches (14)
2 1/8in (5.3cm) wide, the largest

$800 - 1,200
1090
A GROUP OF SIX KANAMONO (METAL
FITTINGS) FROM TOBACCO POUCHES
The fourth by Ryumin, Edo period (1615-
1868), 19th century
Comprising a rounded rectangular shakudo
clasp decorated in iro-e takazogan with a
woman offering a samurai a cup of tea as
he arranges flowers, fashioned as a brooch;
a rectangular shibuichi clasp with two
Shojo and a vat of sake in iro-e takazogan;
a rounded rectangular shakudo clasp with
the immortal Bukan and his tiger in copper
and gold takazogan, takabori, and kebori;
a rectangular shibuichi clasp with a woman
blackening her teeth before a mirror in iro-e
takazogan and kebori, signed Ryumin and
with a kao; an oval shibuichi clasp with
Hotei and Benten in iro-e takazogan, illegibly
signed; and an oval shibuichi clasp with a
carver working on the head of a nio sculpture
in copper and silver takazogan and takabori (6)
2 1/4in (5.7cm) wide, the largest

$800 - 1,200

1090

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