#2100 JP Samurai Sword Shining Rabbits a pair of Menuki

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#2100 JP Samurai Sword Shining Rabbits a pair of Menuki

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Sold Date: 03/06/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

#2100 JP Samurai Sword Shining Rabbits

a pair of Menuki

Item: a pair of Menuki

The gold pair of Menuki set is decorated with

Kata-bori carving, design of Shining Rabbits .

Super Shining carving rabbits,

perfect reserved.

Attachment: a wooden box

Condition : very good

Damage : No major damaged

Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item.

Basic Terms of Japanese Antique

Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Daito (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover)

PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (scabbard), Fuchi & kashira & Menuki (ornamental metal fittings of a hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (sword's attachment: a handy knife), Kogai (sword's attachment: portable comb)

Shape (-gata): Mokkogata (four lobed shape), Kakugata (square shape), Kikugata (chrysanthemum shape)

MATERIAL : Shakudo (copper-gold alloy), Suaka (pure copper), Shibuichi (copper-silver(quarter or more) alloy)

SURFACE (-ji): Migakiji (smooth surface), Mokumeji (surface like the grain of wood), Ishimeji (surface like the grain of stone), Tsuchimeji (hammer marks surface), Nanakoji (raised dimpling surface like fish roe)

CARVING (-bori): Takabori (high relief carving), Kebori (fine line carving), Katakiribori (carving with a cross section like "|/"), Katabori (carving with real form), Suemon (embedded carving parts)

OPENWORK (-sukashi) : Sukashi (inlay), Kosukashi (small openwork), Jisukashi (positive design openwork)

COLORING : KinIroe (gold coating/paint), KinMekki/Tokin (gilding), Makie (gold[silver] lacquered painting), Takamakie (raised lacquerwork), Kawarinuri (fancy lacquer)

SIZE : sori (curvature), Nakago-Ana (center cut-out for blade), Nakago: (tang), Nagasa (point of the sword ~ edge notch)

PERIOD : early Edo (17c), mid Edo (18c), late Edo (1800-1867), Meiji (1868-1911), Taisho (1912-25), Showa (1926-88)

Size (cm): 2.65x1.17x0.40

Weight (g): 6 ( 63 with box )

Age: late Edo

Shipping Cost(EMS)

(with Packing weight)

Asia (exclude-Middle East): US$11.00

North/Central America & Oceania & Mid East: US$15.00

Europe (include-Russia): US$18.00

South America & Africa: US$20.00

Shipping Insurance --- included (EMS only)

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The material of this Menuki is 14K-Gold (alloy gold and silver )