July 2024 Auction

Lot #72:

Japanese Shakudo button of bird and butterfly among flowers.

#72. Lovely Shakudo button of a bird and butterfly among flowers. Shakudo is a Japanese alloy of gold & copper (typically 4–10% gold, 96–90% copper), which can be treated to develop a black, or sometimes indigo, patina, resembling lacquer, in which gold, silver & copper metals are inlaid in to the metal base. Note back has been replaced. NBS Medium (1”)