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Stockno.:K17-093
Artist:Chikuedō Tsuibu 竹影堂鎚舞(b. 1956)
Description: Open silver, copper and bronze container. Made with the nerikomi hagiawase hammer technique. With this technique multiple alloys are soldered, twisted, stretched and hammered. The process is repeated several times to create the base material. Alloys used are: bars of silver, brass, kuromi-do (an alloy of copper and 0.1%-1.0% metallic arsenic) and shibu-ichi (an alloy of silver and copper).
Signed:With original signed box: Tsuibu, with artist seal.
Size:19,5 cm (w) x 15,5 cm (h).
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Price:€ 5600
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