Name: Auction: [PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, SOMERSET] JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF MINOGAME, BUSHY-TAILED TORTOISE BY THE RYUBUNDO COMPANY, MEIJI TO TAISHO PERIOD
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1260 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

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明治至大正 ‘龍文堂造’款 鍍銀銅蓑亀置物the mythical turtle depicted with an exaggeratedly long, feathery tail, its head raised and turned slightly to the left, the details finely cast, eyes inlaid in gold and shakudo, signed on the underside with chiselled characters ‘Ryubundo tsukuru’ with a stamped seal gin (silver) mark

BY THE RYUBUNDO COMPANY, MEIJI TO TAISHO PERIOD 

[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, SOMERSET] JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF MINOGAME, BUSHY-TAILED TORTOISE

[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION, SOMERSET] JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF MINOGAME, BUSHY-TAILED TORTOISE

BY THE RYUBUNDO COMPANY, MEIJI TO TAISHO PERIOD

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