Copper within an edge of sentokudo. Roundish. One half sukashi with nine holes like rays proceeding outwards from its centre the other side half solid but for three small round holes communicating with each other (perhaps representing something Buddhist) on one side and hossu (Buddhist monks brush) enamel on the other side a giombai, and a saihai also enamel. Signature: Hirata Nankado
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Height: 8 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.65-1912
Primary reference Number: 169015
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Applied Arts
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