May 2024 Auction

Lot #44:

Japanese Shakudo peacock stud.

#44. Peacock in a garden Shakudo stud. Shakudo is a Japanese billon of gold & copper (typically 4–10% gold, 96–90% copper), one of the irogane class of colored metals, which can be treated to develop a black, or sometimes indigo, patina, resembling lacquer, in which gold, silver & copper metals are inlaid in to the metal base. NBS Medium. (1 1/16")