A BRONZE MODEL OF A CRAYFISH

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A BRONZE MODEL OF A CRAYFISH
NATURALISTICALLY MODELLED WITH FULLY ARTICULATED BODY, LEGS, ANTENNAE AND TAILS (A PIECE OF FIN MISSING), LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
26CM. OVERALL

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A SIMILAR EXAMPLE SOLD IN SOTHEBY'S, 10 MARCH, 1988, LOT 955.

A SIMILAR EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED IN OTSUKA KOGEISHA, JAPANESE SWORD-FITTINGS & METALWORK IN THE LUNDGREN COLLECTION, NO. 361, P.137.

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