A group of six kanamono (metal fittings) from tobacco pouches


The fourth by Ryumin, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryComprising a rounded rectangular shakudo clasp decorated in iro-e takazogan with a woman offering a samurai a cup of tea as he arranges flowers, fashioned as a brooch; a rectanglar shibuichi clasp with two Shojo and a vat of sake in iro-e takazogan; a rounded rectangular shakudo clasp with the immortal Bukan and his tiger in copper and gold takazogan, takabori, and kebori; a rectangular shibuichi clasp with a woman blackening her teeth before a mirror in iro-e takazogan and kebori, signed Ryumin and with a kao; an oval shibuichi clasp with Hotei and Benten in iro-e takazogan, illegibly signed; and an oval shibuichi clasp with a carver working on the head of a nio sculpture in copper and silver takazogan and takabori (6) 2 1/4in (5.7cm) wide, the largest