EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
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FIVE PAIRS OF MENUKI, A POUCH KANAMON, THREE SINGLE MENUKI AND FOUR KOZUKA
Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century)
The pairs of menuki silver and iroe takazogan of Shojo and the sake barrel; silver, depicting Noh dancers in iroe takazogan; silver, depicting a sake drinker and a shakuhachi player in iroe takazogan; shakudo, depicting Daikoku and a rat in iroe takazogan; and silver, formed as shishi; a shibuichi pouch kanamon, manzai dancers in iroe takazogan; three single menuki, copper, iroe takazogan of two shojo singing, shibuichi, puppies fighting and a gilt copper hare, all Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century; the kozuka, shakudo nanako, with iroe takazogan of a court carriage attendant holding a parasol and gazing at a bird, in kebori on the reverse, signed Arai Rokaku; gilt cased shakudo nanako, iroe takazogan of a sage fishing by a hut, silver waves, Goto school; shakudo nanako, iroe takazogan of blind men and their servant perturbed by two dogs, Goto school; and copper nanako, iroe takazogan of the priest Renge-bo pulling a skull at the end of a rope, the reverse heavily gilt and with foliage in katakiri, Ichijo school (18)
Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century)
The pairs of menuki silver and iroe takazogan of Shojo and the sake barrel; silver, depicting Noh dancers in iroe takazogan; silver, depicting a sake drinker and a shakuhachi player in iroe takazogan; shakudo, depicting Daikoku and a rat in iroe takazogan; and silver, formed as shishi; a shibuichi pouch kanamon, manzai dancers in iroe takazogan; three single menuki, copper, iroe takazogan of two shojo singing, shibuichi, puppies fighting and a gilt copper hare, all Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century; the kozuka, shakudo nanako, with iroe takazogan of a court carriage attendant holding a parasol and gazing at a bird, in kebori on the reverse, signed Arai Rokaku; gilt cased shakudo nanako, iroe takazogan of a sage fishing by a hut, silver waves, Goto school; shakudo nanako, iroe takazogan of blind men and their servant perturbed by two dogs, Goto school; and copper nanako, iroe takazogan of the priest Renge-bo pulling a skull at the end of a rope, the reverse heavily gilt and with foliage in katakiri, Ichijo school (18)