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Shakudo Bronze Eagle Catching Snake Antique Japanese Page Turner Scroll Weight Scholar Utensil 赤銅金鷹書擺件
Antique Japanese Bronze Utensil

Eagle Catching Snake

Page Turner / Letter Opener

Signed: Tenmin + Kakikan. Circa: early 20th Century
H 14.25 in. (36cm), W 1.75 in. (4.75cm), D 0.5 in. (1.75cm)
Condition: nicks on blade, overall excellent!
An exceptionally well-cast late Meiji period page-turner with alloys of Shakudo (赤銅) and gilt gold. The handle on one side features an intricately feathered soaring eagle flying over a waterfall in front of a rocky cliff seizing a gold snake in its stretched claw. On the opposing side, a relief of a gilded bamboo branch with two copper-tinted birds. An intricate artist's signature Tenmin 天民, plus a kakikan seal mark on a raised silver reserve to its right. The blade has a Sumi-style engraving of three chicks in an eagle nest on a swirling old pine. On the reverse side are two songbirds dancing in the bamboo grove over a wood-grained background. The superb scholar's utensil radiates a serene ambiance with intricate artistry and the natural patina of age.

Shakudo Eagle Page Turner
Private Collection

Eagle Catching Snake
Eagle Catching Snake
Eagle Catching Snake
Eagle Catching Snake
Eagle Catching Snake
Eagle Catching Snake

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