elsewheregreen:Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki). Japan, 18th century. Metropolitan Museum, NYC.
elsewheregreen:Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki). Japan, 18th century. Metropolitan Museum, NYC. [ID: museum photograph of two detailed mouse-shaped copper-gold alloy fittings on a light grey background, to be attached either side of a sword hilt. The top one is black with a gold eye, posed as if crouching down. The bottom one is gold with a black eye, posed as if hunching down to eat something held between its front paws. End ID] -- source link
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