AF26011 Menuki: Mumei(Unsigned)(Kyo-kinko)(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)

Menuki: a pair of rhinoceros(NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)

Signature: Mumei(Unsigned)(Kyo-kinko)

Dimension 1: 3.61cm × 1.78cm (1.42in × 0.70in)
Dimension 2: 3.51cm × 1.91cm (1.38in × 0.75in)

Era: The Edo period

Features: A design of two rhinoceroses carved in relief on a shakudō ground. Two rhinoceroses are carved in relief on a shakudō ground. Because people in Japan at the time had never actually seen a rhinoceros, it is said that the animal was depicted in this unique manner as it was transmitted through descriptions. It has the body of a horse or ox, a turtle-like shell on its back, and a single horn growing from its head.

NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper
In Kiri box