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Kozuka: (front) Landscape; (back) inscription inlaid with gold with a red seal (kakihan)

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Kozuka: (front) Landscape; (back) inscription inlaid with gold with a red seal (kakihan)

Artist To-unsai (Japanese)
Date19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Dimensions3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Mediumshakudo and silver on a shakudo ground
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1912.972
Not on View
DescriptionShakudo is an alloy of copper and gold.

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