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A METAL BOX AND COVER
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GYOKUMIN SAI
The small circular bronze box on a hexagonal base incised on the sides with Buddhist emblems inlaid with gilt and applied on the cover with two figures of Arhats and a rock rendered in shakudo with gilt highlights, each framed in hirazogan with a gilt mandorla and incised clouds, the lining of the box silver- 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) diameter
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GYOKUMIN SAI
The small circular bronze box on a hexagonal base incised on the sides with Buddhist emblems inlaid with gilt and applied on the cover with two figures of Arhats and a rock rendered in shakudo with gilt highlights, each framed in hirazogan with a gilt mandorla and incised clouds, the lining of the box silver- 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) diameter