A JAPANESE ARTICULATED MODEL OF A CRAYFISH

A JAPANESE ARTICULATED MODEL OF A CRAYFISH, JIZAI OKIMONO

MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Naturalistically modelled with a fully articulated body, the surface of the exoskeleton intricately worked, with a two character signature on the underside for Hiroyoshi, 18.8cm.

See Japanese Works of Art, 12th November 2019, lot 323, for a related jizai okimono of a crayfish sold in these rooms.