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Pair 19c Japanese MENUKI LOBSTERS & seaweed

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Pair 19c Japanese MENUKI MONKEYS & waves: Pair of 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting pairs of monkeys floating on a log among waves. Very good work with great detailing, bronze with gilding, in great condition. Length 1 11/16 inches

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Pair 19c Japanese sword MENUKI boys at play: Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting two groups of boys at play. Superb quality work - see their faces, detailing of clothing and toys. Gold, silver and copper inlays, in excelle

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Pair 19c Japanese sword MENUKI KANZAN JITTOKU landscape: Pair of 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting: 1. Kanzan and Jittoku reading an open scroll, with Jittokuâ€™s broom on the ground behind them. 2. A landscape in scholarâ€™s taste

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Pair 19c Japanese sword MENUKI riding crops: Pair of early 19th century good size Japanese sword menuki each depicting a riding crop - the one with dark patina with abumi (stirrup), the gilded one with a long tailed bird on a wooden bucket. Supe

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Pair 19c Japanese sword MENUKI CRANES in stream: Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki each depicting a pair of cranes wading through a stream with water plants. Elegant design, bronze with gilding and silver inlays, overall in great cond

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Pair 19c Japanese sword MENUKI IKEBANA arrangements: Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting ikebana arrangements containing fruits on branches on bed of wide reeds, all tied with ribbons. Elegant design in Japanese taste, extraordina

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19c PAIR Japanese sword MENUKI CRANES & waves: Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting cranes in different attitudes in flight above waves. Elegant design, bronze with brown patina, gilding, overall in very good condition, some

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Single 19c Japanese sword MENUKI Goto School LEOPARD & DRAGON: Rare single 19th century Goto School menuki (Japanese sword fitting) depicting a dragon and a leopard. Leopards are very rare in Japanese art, and the face of this one looks more like that of a tiger

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI galloping HORSES: Single early 19th century menuki - Japanese sword fitting - depicting two galloping horses, one done in brown patina, the other gilded. Elegant design, crisp casting and detailing, some obvious age we

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI BUFFALO: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a water buffalo, its head lowered menacingly. Elegant design in Japanese taste, excellent work with superb detailing, bronze with silver overlay and

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI HORSE & pine by SHIMIN: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a horse wearing rich trappings and standing under a wide pine tree. Elegant design in Japanese taste, excellent work with superb detailing, bronze w

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI pin PEASANT: 19th century Japanese sword menuki of a walking peasant with two objects - one in his back, the other in his hands, currently mounted as a pin and a pendant. Very clever design, superb detailing - see

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI HORSE: Title: 19c Japanese sword MENUKI HORSE Origin: Japanese Description: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a prancing horse wearing rich trappings and saddle. Elegant design in Japanese

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI RESTING PEASANT with basket: Title: 19c Japanese sword MENUKI RESTING PEASANT with basket Origin: Japanese Description: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a seated peasant wearing a rain hat and leaning against a

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19c Japanese sword MENUKI three pines: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting three gnarled pines. Elegant design in Japanese taste, beautiful detailing, bronze with brown patina, in great condition. Length 1 3/4 inches. Shipp

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Pair Antique Japanese Sword Menuki Shishi & Peonies: Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting shishi in different attitudes frolicking among flowering peonies. Wonderful design and detailing, gilding to the shishi, and silvering to the

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Pair 19c Japanese MENUKI LOBSTERS & seaweed

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Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting lobsters on a bed of sea weeds. One menuki has Daikoku mallet on top (stands for wealth), and the other a character meaning long life. Excellent work with great detailing - see various textures of the shells. Bronze with coppery patina, gilded water drops on the sea weeds, overall in great condition. Length 1 9/16 inches.

Reserve: $325.00

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