Amazing Signed Letter Opener, Copper & Brass, Monkey & Dragon, Japanese Meiji, 19thc Item

Powerful and large paper cutter, or letter opener. The blade, long and curved, engraved on one side with a monkey and peaches of longevity, on the other with birds in these symbolic fruits, fits into a removable handle. It is decorated on one side with a dragon stamped in copper, on the other, in applications, with a flight of copper sparrows in a landscape of brass bamboo. Great finesse of details! Signature in a cartridge, unidentified.
Excellent condition, no break, no flaw. The blade pulls out well from the handle. To clean !
Japanese working, for export to Europe, dating from the end of the 19th century, Meiji period, genuine!
Dimensions: 37cm x 5cm (widest)

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