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"Samurai Slayer" Size: 1.38" Price: SOLD


There is SO much awesomeness in this piece, a truly legendary work of art that I am struggling to let go of. It features a very rare Tengu Warrior, complete with opal sword, holding the severed head of a Samurai warrior. The great murrine artist Stephen Boehme made that Samurai head murine, so this is actually a collaboration with Stephen. Only two of these exist at the moment, SO awesome. The Tengu Warrior by itself is truly amazing to behold, and then for it to be holding a Samurai head??? Ha ha, THE BEST!! Awesome UV highlights ALL through the Tengu as well. Truly an incredible marble. The cage is a very special one also, with a UV light shining up from the bottom - just twist it on and the Tengu glows from within (see pic)! While traveling in Japan, John will pick up special ink stamps from the stores there (which I got to do with him on our last trip to Japan), and then he decorates these cages with those cool stamps. I love the skull integrated into the latch of the cage door as well. BUT, what makes this cage REEEALLY special is that coin you see mounted above the cage door on the front! While John and I and others were in Japan in March of 2017, John picked up this coin and a few others from a store in a coastal town that is famous for its gold mining. This is a replica of an old gold coin that used to be used as actual currency in Japan. Such a killer final touch for this amazing work of art, SO NICE!!! Signed with Kobuki's Kanji.

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