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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ECHIZEN JU MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA SAKU (MADE BY MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA)
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AN IRON ARTICULATED MODEL OF A TOAD
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ECHIZEN JU MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA SAKU (MADE BY MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA)
The small russet-iron toad finely constructed of hammered plates jointed inside the body, the limbs move, the details finely hammered and decorated with stripes inlaid in gold, eyes inlaid in shakudo, signature on underside of the body
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) long
With a wood box titled Echizen ju Myochin Yoshihisa saku bunchin (paperweight made by Myochin Yoshihisa)
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ECHIZEN JU MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA SAKU (MADE BY MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA)
The small russet-iron toad finely constructed of hammered plates jointed inside the body, the limbs move, the details finely hammered and decorated with stripes inlaid in gold, eyes inlaid in shakudo, signature on underside of the body
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) long
With a wood box titled Echizen ju Myochin Yoshihisa saku bunchin (paperweight made by Myochin Yoshihisa)
Brought to you by
Takaaki Murakami