THREE JAPANESE METAL OJIME MEIJI 1868-1912 One in copper

THREE JAPANESE METAL OJIME

MEIJI 1868-1912

One in copper, silver and shakudo and depicting a soft-shell suppon turtle with the moon reflecting on its belly; another in woven copper thread formed as an ikebana basket; the third in white metal depicting a small inari fox on a square inlaid plinth, all unsigned, 1.9cm max. (3)

Provenance: An English private collection, Surrey.

Cf. Rokusho, vol.6, no.5, where the inari ojime is illustrated. Also, Sagemonoya, Netsuke, ojime & Masatoshi's kabuki for the fox and ikebana basket.