A LARGE JAPANESE MYOCHIN SCHOOL ARTICULATED IRON MODEL OF A SPINY LOBSTER

A LARGE JAPANESE MYOCHIN SCHOOL ARTICULATED IRON MODEL OF A SPINY LOBSTER, JIZAI OKIMONO

MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Naturalistically modelled with a fully articulated body made up of repoussé hammered plates, the surface of the exoskeleton intricately worked, with a two character signature on the underside for Myochin, approx. 54cm.