Menuki Oni Dressed as Monk with Drum and Scroll Japan, Edo period, mixed-metal with gilt highlights LS108 Box The flat brass lid is

The flat brass lid is surmounted by a finely cast five-petal plum blossom (ume) form silver-metal base supporting a faceted vase-form cap with amber glass bead — a third distinct finial variation within this workshop group

Depth = 16

This product has just been recived and not yet inspected for flaws or restored

but modern versions use electric heaters

It came to us from Japan among our many other treasures

Menuki Oni Dressed as Monk with Drum and Scroll Japan, Edo period, mixed-metal with gilt highlights LS108 Box The flat brass lid isJapan, Edo period (18th19th century) This highly unusual menuki presents an oni, or demon, costumed in the garb of a humble traveling monk. Rather than appearing menacing, the oni wears an almost comical expression, his rounded face and sharp teeth softened by the parody of religious attire. Across his chest is strapped a circular drum, picked out in brilliant gilt, while in one hand he holds a scroll engraved with tiny characters. The figures robe is