A JAPANESE MYOCHIN-SCHOOL IRON JIZAI OKIMONO OF A SNAKE

A JAPANESE MYOCHIN-SCHOOL IRON JIZAI OKIMONO OF A SNAKE
EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

Realistically modelled, the fully articulated body constructed of a multitude of hammered plates simulating scales, the head with a hinged jaw opening to reveal a movable forked tongue and silver teeth, the eyes and tongue gilded, signed Myochin horizontally underneath the belly, 79cm.

Provenance: from the Mark and Elizabeth Harding Collection, South Africa.