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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;&#039;Nuff_Said, post: 24885, member: 181&quot;]Hey Adrian and thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Good to see you. It&#039;s been awhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the info above. I&#039;m sure these sword fittings at one point in their life were designed as a bracelet that fell apart similar to this: <a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6623113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6623113" rel="nofollow">http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6623113</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The one menuki is marked verso with four impressed marks (it&#039;s upside down, sorry about that).</p><p><br /></p><p>The other piece is signed at side in long-script.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a pair of gilt-bronze menuki (water buffalo) that&#039;s been on my shelf for some time now.</p><p><br /></p><p>This last pair (gilt-bronze) I had for a while as well. I misplaced my notes, but I did have them looked at by an Asian arts expert. His thoughts (if I recall correctly) were <u>probably</u> Chinese Mongol,&nbsp; Ming Dynasty. These are some of the smallest (1.9 cm) bronze figures that he and I both have ever seen. I&#039;ve seen similar squatting figures in museums with their hands resting on their knees in larger ceramic form, but nothing like these.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I am interested in selling the Japanese group, but not sure what to ask.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]6173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]6174[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]6175[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]6176[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]6177[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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