John & Patricia McKenzie Private Collection of Vesta Cases – Part I

A RARE & UNUSUAL LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BRASS & COPPER VESTA CASE heightened with gilding, made from a small stack of four fuchi (the collar mounts on a Japanese sword) and one kashira (the butt or end cap of same); 2.75" (7 cms) long