Copper menuki in the form of a shrimp. Edo period. – Varshavsky Collection

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Copper menuki in the form of a shrimp. Edo period.

A pair of copper menuki in the form of a shrimp (lobster, crawfish, ebi) with eyes inlaid in shakudō.

Length: 58.2 mm.

SKU: TSU-0243 Categories: Objects, Sword Fittings

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Collection	Japanese swords & fittings
Type or purpose	Menuki
Country	Japan
Period	Edo Period (1603 – 1868)
Artist	Unknown
Material	Copper, Shakudo, Suaka
Technique	Inlay, Nikubori
Subject	Lobster (ebi), Shrimp (ebi)
Acquisition year	2014

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