A group of 14 kanamono (metal fittings)


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryComprising an oval shibuichi clasp with a puppeteer in iro-e takazogan, takabori, and shishiai-bori, fitted as brooch; a rectangular shibuichi clasp with a woman raising a walking stick at two pheasants perched in a cherry tree in iro-e takazogan and takabori; a shakudo clasp formed as a cicada with gold highlights, contained within a silver frame, the reverse with an illegible seal; a small rounded rectangular silvered copper clasp with Hotei leaning on his treasure sack in iro-e takazogan; a small gilt-metal clasp formed as a fan and flute, decorated with a shakudo paulownia crest; a small shibuichi clasp formed as Daitoku holding a basket of flowers; a small clasp formed as a pair of paulownia blossoms in gold and shakudo; a small shakudo clasp formed as a figure holding a handscroll, with gilt highlights; a small iron clasp formed as Jurojin with a peach, with silver highlights; a clasp formed as a feather fan and a tea bowl in a brocade bag in shakudo and a gold and copper hirazogan; three shakudo menuki formed as a basket of flowers, a bundle of rice stalks, a phoenix, and a circular shakudo disc menuki carved with Monju, all with overlays of gold and silver, two of the menuki fitted as brooches (14) 2 1/8in (5.3cm) wide, the largest