Lot of Three Fuchi and Kashira Sets with Shakudo Warrior Motifs

1.) Matched pair of Fuchi and Kashira composed of Shakudo with a deep brown finish. Fuchi is unsigned, and is decorated with two Samurai warriors in gold decorated armor meeting beneath a tree with gold branches. Samurai facing the viewer has a silver face and hands. On the opposite side is a tree with gold leaves beside a stump or mound with a single gold flake. Kashira is decorated with a highly detailed Shakudo faced samurai in armor with gold details above a nanako ground with engraved swirling branches overhead.

2.) Matched pair of Fuchi and Kashira, both composed of Shakudo and highly embellished with signature to the Fuchi. Obverse side of the Fuchi is adorned with the figure of a silver faced elder leaning over a silver and black finished scroll, his robes and cap edged in gold. Engraved cloud swirl flows around the reverse side with gold border and a polished ground. Kashira is decorated with a glaring black bearded figure with Shakudo face and gold trimmed robes appearing to be swinging some manner of polearm.

3.) Pair of Fuchi and Kashira composed of Sentoku and decorated with Samurai in battle. Obverse side of the Fuchi features a pair silver faced and gold trimmed samurai riding a gold ship into battle above a nanako ground and boiling seas. Reverse side shows a tree with gold leaves. Kashira adorned with a gold trimmed Samurai on horseback riding past a tree above a nanako ground.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

1.) Fine. Item shows some loss of finish on the outer edges with light scratches and some tarnish forming to the silver.

2.) Excellent. Silver shows a light tarnish with loss of some gold on the kashira details but fine details strong.

3.) Very Good. Some loss of finish on fine details, tarnish to the silver components, and some abrasions.

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