• Designed as a circular pendant centering a shakudō disk darkened with patina and accented by tri-gold appliqué
• One side depicts a highly rendered owl perched in a tree
  
• The reverse side features a relief of a strutting rooster
  
• Bezel set in a hammered gold surround
  
• Symbolic of the balance between night and day
• Tested as 14 karat gold
  
• Circa: 1860s
• Measures: 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches (including bale)
  
• Total weight: 8.0 grams
  
• Symmetry. Curious. Contemplation.

Shakudō is the Japanese art of alloying gold and copper as a patinaed plate. Often set in gold and depicts a story captured in metal. Pieces became popular and collected with fascination throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century.

Stock Number: We-3961