Sunday May 27, 2012

Gold bunnies

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REUTERS

An artwork of rabbits pounding “mochi” (rice cakes), decorated with 20 grams of 24K gold, is displayed at Ginza Tanaka jewelry store in Tokyo’s Ginza. The store unveiled artwork, sized at 3.2 cm in height and 5 cm in width, to mark the year of the rabbit in 2011.

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    sensei258

    About 70,000 yen ($850) worth of gold.

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    fishy

    my mom told me when i was a little girl that 2 rabbits are pounding mochi on the moon.. i used to try and look at the moon to see if i could see the 2 rabbits :)) some childhood memory..

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    METinTokyo

    Pretty poor miniature sculpture/casting, no detail at all, I wonder if it wasn't for the fact it's gold if it would attract any attention. Lots of small jeweler/craftsmen here that produce far more intricate and detailed work but usually are limited to working with silver.

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    oberst

    compare to the Goto school of metal artist ( Edo Period ), this rabbit thingie is pure garbage ( except for the gold content )

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    Smythe

    Obviously some-one has a lot more money then I have or could even dream of.

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