Lot Essay
A SIMILAR EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED IN OTSUKA KOGEISHA, JAPANESE SWORD-FITTINGS & METALWORK IN THE LUNDGREN COLLECTION, 1992, PL. 366, P.138.
MYOCHIN METALWORK
A MYOCHIN MODEL OF A HERMIT CRAB
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A MYOCHIN MODEL OF A HERMIT CRAB
THE IRON BODY NATURALISTICALLY MODELLED WITH MOVABLE LEGS, CLAWS AND ANTENNAE, SIGNED MYOCHIN SAKU, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
15CM. LONG OVERALL
THE IRON BODY NATURALISTICALLY MODELLED WITH MOVABLE LEGS, CLAWS AND ANTENNAE, SIGNED MYOCHIN SAKU, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
15CM. LONG OVERALL