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A pair of gilt-bronze menuki
modelled as standing Nio wearing scarves and loin cloths, silver mounts to reverses -- 1¼.in (3.2cm) high; another gilt-bronze menuki modelled as a lady playing a koto with a boy attendant seated beside her -- 1½.in (3.8cm) wide; a gilt-bronze and silver button modelled as Daikoku holding a mallet in one hand and carrying a sack over the other shoulder -- 1/2.in (1.5cm) wide; another with flowers and leaves -- 1/2.in (1.5cm) wide; another larger button decorated with two figures in a hut below pine and a mountainous landscape -- 1¼.in (3.2cm) diam; and a silver and gilt button decorated with a standing warrior holding a fan and a sword slung to one side -- 1¼.in (3.2cm) diam.
See Colour Plate. (7)
modelled as standing Nio wearing scarves and loin cloths, silver mounts to reverses -- 1¼.in (3.2cm) high; another gilt-bronze menuki modelled as a lady playing a koto with a boy attendant seated beside her -- 1½.in (3.8cm) wide; a gilt-bronze and silver button modelled as Daikoku holding a mallet in one hand and carrying a sack over the other shoulder -- 1/2.in (1.5cm) wide; another with flowers and leaves -- 1/2.in (1.5cm) wide; another larger button decorated with two figures in a hut below pine and a mountainous landscape -- 1¼.in (3.2cm) diam; and a silver and gilt button decorated with a standing warrior holding a fan and a sword slung to one side -- 1¼.in (3.2cm) diam.
See Colour Plate. (7)