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<p>[QUOTE="wanderer, post: 4399410, member: 16309"]Dear members of the Antique Forum,</p><p><br /></p><p>Could you, please, help me to find out more about this little sculpture? It is only about 2.5 x 1 x 0.5 Inches in size and made from heavy metal with brown patina. Copper color shine on parts which were in contact with surface thus less exposed to air.</p><p><br /></p><p>Details are amazing and little frog is a lifelike and ready to flee.</p><p><br /></p><p>After researching I think that it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese ? (stamp/signature)</p><p><br /></p><p>Meiji period ? (basing on craftsmanship)</p><p><br /></p><p>Metal Shakudo (4–10% gold, 96–90% copper) ? (basing on copper like appearance in some parts) although was advertised as bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>Netsuke ?/ little sculpture (can be suspended on a cord + small size)</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help will be much appreciated and especially with dating and signature deciphering.</p><p><br /></p><p>A yellow dust can be seen in crevasses on some photos – I left it there on purpose – just don’t want to wash off the dust of a 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all for your time and expertise.[ATTACH=full]371759[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371760[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371761[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371763[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wanderer, post: 4399410, member: 16309"]Dear members of the Antique Forum, Could you, please, help me to find out more about this little sculpture? It is only about 2.5 x 1 x 0.5 Inches in size and made from heavy metal with brown patina. Copper color shine on parts which were in contact with surface thus less exposed to air. Details are amazing and little frog is a lifelike and ready to flee. After researching I think that it is: Japanese ? (stamp/signature) Meiji period ? (basing on craftsmanship) Metal Shakudo (4–10% gold, 96–90% copper) ? (basing on copper like appearance in some parts) although was advertised as bronze Netsuke ?/ little sculpture (can be suspended on a cord + small size) Any help will be much appreciated and especially with dating and signature deciphering. A yellow dust can be seen in crevasses on some photos – I left it there on purpose – just don’t want to wash off the dust of a 20th century Thank you all for your time and expertise.[ATTACH=full]371759[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371760[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371761[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371763[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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