Unsigned (mumei) pair of menuki that the original seller attributes to the Kyō-kinkō school, the name given to works by Kyoto metalsmiths that cannot be assigned to a specific workshop. They depict Hakui and Shukusei (Boyi and Shuqi), the brothers of ancient China who, according to the Shiji, renounced the throne and withdrew to Mount Shouyang rather than serve the Zhou dynasty: a classic emblem of integrity. The figures are worked in katachibori, fully modelled and of generous volume. One stands with his hands tucked into his sleeves; the other rests his cheek on his hand in thought. Both carry a basket hanging from the belt and wear a cloak of leaves. The photographs show the bodies in gold, with the hair and cloak in dark shakudō and fine line chiselling on the hair, leaves and baskets. The original seller describes the metal as solid gold, weighing 17.0 g for the pair (35.8 × 13.8 mm and 35.6 × 14.2 mm). The reverse has in'yō-ne (male and female) fixing posts with reinforcing plates set in a cross, an old-style construction. Condition is good: light wear on the high points and small losses of the dark metal along the edge of the hair. The seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, which does not appear in the photographs. The pair comes with a paulownia box with a fitted bed.