Japanese Edo Gilt Copper Buddhist Keman

Japanese Edo Gilt Copper Buddhist Keman, ca. 18th to early 19th century. Found hanging before the images of the Buddhist figures and in the halls of Japanese Buddhist temples, the Keman is a delicately chased and stylized floral offering often with a dedicatory inscription, like this example. The present piece retains much of its original gilt surface and has openwork floral of cherry blossoms and a pine tree on each side of the knot within which is an inscription in Japanese. L. 12 3/4" W. 12 3/4" (32.4 cm x 32.4 cm)..