An iron articulated model of a prawn

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MYOCHIN MUNENAGA

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An iron articulated model of a prawn
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin Munenaga
The iron prawn finely constructed of numerous hammered plates joined inside the body; the claws open, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs and fins move, the details finely carved, signature on the body
14½in. (36.8cm.) long
With wood box signed and inscribed Koka ni kinoto mi nen aki kugatsu (ninth month, autumn, 1845) kichijitsu oite Bushu Edo kore motomu (purchased in Edo, Musashi province) Soshu Odawara junin Fujiwara Nobuhide zo (owned by Fujiwara Nobuhide of Odawara in Sagami province)

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Fujiwara Nobuhide, Sagami Province

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拍品專文

Myochin Munenaga is known for his iron articulated models of hermit crabs and prawns. For an articulated hermit crab signed by Munenaga in The British Museum, see Harada Kazutoshi, ed., Jizai okimono Articulated Iron Figures of Animals, vol. 11 of Bessatsu Rokusho (Kyoto: Maria Shobo Co., Ltd., 2010), pl. 28.