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Kozuka: (front) Foreigner Blowing a Trumpet; (back) lightly textured surface

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Kozuka: (front) Foreigner Blowing a Trumpet; (back) lightly textured surface

Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
Mediumiron with gold inlays and gold, silver, and shakudo inlays on a shakudo ground with gold on back and rims
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.889
Not on View
DescriptionShakudo is an alloy of copper and gold. Fish roe pattern shakudo ground.
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