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Small bull figurine with stylized features, trunk is hour glass shape when viewed from above with narrow waist and thick shoulders and rear. Snout is rectangular in shape when viewed from above with short horns and ears. Protruding legs are disproportionately long as is tail. Genitals emphasized. Colour is a uniform green patina.
Large rectangular metal piece that has cut-out scroll and leaf patterns. Two of the longer sides have rounded edges. In the centre of the rectangular metal piece is a circular disk in centre with engraved leaf patterns. The piece is slightly convex.
Oval-shaped metal sword guard with triangular hole at centre and ovoid hole to one side. Low relief depiction of a male figure with a hat and sword in profile on one face. The figure's face is copper inlay, the beard is incised, and the hat is gold inlay. Incised tree with one branch on reverse. Made of shicuichi (bronze and silver alloy), open kodzuka, no kogai.
Four-lobe shaped metal sword guard with raised gold rim, nanako (minute raised dots) background; seppa dai of highly polished shakudo, unsigned, shows chiseled adjustment marks; open kodzuka, no kogai. Front: pattern of chrysanthemums, cherries, and butterflies, in low relief overlaid in gold, stems in polished shakudo. Back: similar pattern.
Oval-shaped metal sword guard with a triangular hole at the centre and a semi-circular hole to the side. One face has a low relief design of two swallows, a tree and two rice bales, and the reverse depicts a tree trunk and roots. Engraved with Japanese characters. Oval; sentoku, evenly hammered background; nakago ana adjusted with chiselling; open kodzuka adjusted with shakudo insert, no kogai. Signed to left of nakago ana. Front: on right, two slightly raised rice bales with a copper swallow superimposed, a bare branch curving above; another swallow descends from upper left. Back: on lower left a tree root with scattered blossoms at base.
Figure depicting the god Amun, with feather headdress composed of a short cylinder bisected by a bar that runs across it from side to side. He is depicted holding an object in his right hand that extends from his mid-chest to his right shoulder. His other arm is at his side and he is wearing a skirt-like loincloth. His left leg is in front of his right.
Bronze cup with a flat base; pear-shaped body widens markedly toward top; no neck; flat, everted rim; flat, narrow ribbon handle rises well above level of mouth and is attached to rim and lower portion of body. Base badly corroded.
Round, bronze bowl with dark dull patina merging to black on underside; surface rough in some places. Flat base, on 3 feet like clam shells; straight sides, rounded and flaring out near mouth with rim turned outward. Horizontal loop handles in wave-like design set below rim. Turning marks are visible on inner surface; mended break below one handle near base. On outer surface below rim is a band of leiwan pattern, enclosed by heavy bands, below which are 8 floral-appearing tao-t'ieh motifs. Mark in 3 Chinese seal characters 'Made by Song Eun'.
Seal made of a single piece of bronze; rectangular shape with rounded corners and a handle in the shape of a grass-roofed gabled house; open on three sides with human figure inside. Bronze has orange-brown patina; remains of red ink in incised characters. Characters--written in clear regular style--are 'long life and abundance' (ju and fuku).
A small circular bronze mirror with ten Chinese (?) character seals on one side of the circumference of the reflecting surface while the other side has a Korean (?) building with a leaf pattern around the edge and three leaves under the building. At the centre of the building, there is hemispheric handle through which there is threaded a knotted white cotton cord.