Lot 1138 Dα

Two manjû. Mid-19th century

a) A shibuichi menuki in the shape of a standing Hotei with a shouldered bag and a karako, set into the flattened side of an animal’s tooth and b) a large silver menuki in shape of a dragon facing a shishi on a rock by a waterfall, both surrounded by clouds, set onto an oblong silver plate with himotôshi. (2)
a) Height 3.4 cm; b) length 6.6 cm