A group of eight assorted pairs of fuchi-gashiraEdo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Comprising a shakudo ishimeji pair with a Chinese warrior in iro-e takazogan , inscribed Toto no ju Hirotoshi , with a wood tomobako storage box; a shakudo pair pierce carved with the "100 monkeys" design, the eyes picked out in gilt, inscribed Yagami Jogen Nyudo ; a shakudo nanakoji pair with fish and water weeds in iro-e takazogan , inscribed Bunzan and with a kao ; a shakudo nanakoji pair with crayfish in iro-e takazogan ; a shakudo nanakoji pair with coiling dragons in gold takazogan ; an iron tsuchimeji fuchi carved with a Nio guardian with gold nunomezogan highlights, paired with a sentoku migakiji kashira with a dragon in takabori and gold takazogan , inscribed Hirado no ju Kunishige ; a copper migakiji pair with Ebisu holding a sea bream and a Chinese scholar with a writing brush in iro-e takazogan , inscribed Ichiryusai Masaharu and with a kao ; a copper migakiji pair with an immortal next to a peach tree in takabori and iro-e takazogan
1 1/2in (3.8cm) wide, the largest