A COPPER MODEL OF A HORNET

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A COPPER MODEL OF A HORNET
WELL MODELLED WITH ITS MOVABLE BODY, LEGS, WINGS, ANTENNAE AND A STING, THE EYES IN SHAKUDO, SIGNED YOSHIYAMA, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
6CM. LONG OVERALL

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A SIMILAR EXAMPLE IN SENTOKU SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, LOT 214, 14 NOVEMBER, 1989.

A SIMILAR EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED IN OTSUKA KOGEISHA, JAPANESE SWORD-FITTINGS & METALWORK IN THE LUNDGREN COLLECTION, 1992, PL. 358, P.136.

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