Shakudo tsuba. Wavy round, ishime. A small gold grasshopper-like-insect, resting on the (gold) stalk of a lily, with shakudo leaves, shibuichi blossoms, and other low grasses, gold ukibon. On the other side lilies and kikyo (one of the nana-kusa) blossoms, copper. Signature: Bunka sau hinoe tora kika kichinichi kore wo Kizamu Motohiro followed by Kakihan
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Height: 6.9 cm
Width: 6.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Accession number: MAR.ARM.O.157-1912
Primary reference Number: 169107
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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