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Vintage Japanese Brass Ship's bell with clapper. It has some imprints at the top of the bell. See images.
Dimensions: Approximate 20 cm diameter x 24 cm high
Weight: 7 kg
There is a thin layer of oxidation - verdigris on the surface which is distinctive of aged brass & copper.
Written on the bell is the following: "Biyori maru""
Translated to Hiyorimaru it means Biyori - weather
(Hiyori - fine weather; harmony)
Maru - completeness
The suffix - maru is often applied to words representing something beloved, and sailors applied this suffix to their ships. The term maru is used in divination and represents perfection or completeness, or the ship as "a small world of its own"
Price: R3800
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