Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019
Lot 322
A JAPANESE ARTICULATED BRONZE MODEL OF A SPINY LOBSTER
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A JAPANESE ARTICULATED BRONZE MODEL OF A SPINY LOBSTER, JIZAI OKIMONO
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
With a fully articulated body, the surface of the exoskeleton realistically modelled, 48cm.
Provenance: from a private collection of jizai okimono. See Woolley & Wallis Salerooms, 14th November 2018, lot 1007, for a Myochin School articulated snake signed Muneyoshi from the same collection.