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Item No. MEN-2671 無銘
Design Echigo-shishi
Mei Mumei
Material Copper with gold and silver plate
Era Late Edo period
Box Paulownia wood
Size
Left Length
1.68 cm (0.66 in)
Right Length
1.72 cm (0.68 in)
Left Width
1.68 cm (0.66 in)
Right Width
1.81 cm (0.71 in)
Price 40,000 JPY Buy Now
Other Info
The theme of this set of Menuki is Echigo-shishi. Echigo-shishi is a street performance by wandering entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head. This pair of Menuki depicts Echigo-shishi made of copper with gold and silver plate. You can see how it moves actively.