Japanese Art - 23rd May 2018

Lot 802

A JAPANESE ARTICULATED COPPER ALLOY MODEL OF A CRAB

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £2600

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Description

A JAPANESE ARTICULATED COPPER ALLOY MODEL OF A CRAB, KUSSHIN JIZAI OKIMONO

MEIJI 1868-1912

Naturalistically modelled, the eyes picked in shakudo, 26cm.

Provenance: purchased from a private collection in Buenos Aires in 1983.