UNSIGNED, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
细节
SIX SMALL ARTICULATED MYOCHIN SCHOOL MODELS OF INSECTS
Unsigned, late Edo period (19th Century)
A russet iron long-horned beetle [kamikirimushi], with movable head and four sectional antennae, four hinged wings, carved details; an iron uchidashi hornet, its body and two wings in karakuri, details in nikubori and kebori; an iron uchidashi ephemera, its body, tail and four wings all movable, shinchu eyes, details of wings in kebori and lacquer yakitsuke, three legs missing; an uchidashi iron locust with four karakuri wings and six three-sectional legs and wax applied antennae, brown lacquered and details in kebori; a copper horsefly with two wax applied wings and six legs; and an iron uchidashi horsefly, its hinged body with a retractable sting, two movable wings with two attached inner wings, six two-sectional legs, details in kebori, surface reddish brown yakitsuke
2¼in. (5.9cm.), 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.), 2¾ in. (7.1cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.6cm.), 1 11/16in. (4.3cm.) and 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) respectively (6)
Unsigned, late Edo period (19th Century)
A russet iron long-horned beetle [kamikirimushi], with movable head and four sectional antennae, four hinged wings, carved details; an iron uchidashi hornet, its body and two wings in karakuri, details in nikubori and kebori; an iron uchidashi ephemera, its body, tail and four wings all movable, shinchu eyes, details of wings in kebori and lacquer yakitsuke, three legs missing; an uchidashi iron locust with four karakuri wings and six three-sectional legs and wax applied antennae, brown lacquered and details in kebori; a copper horsefly with two wax applied wings and six legs; and an iron uchidashi horsefly, its hinged body with a retractable sting, two movable wings with two attached inner wings, six two-sectional legs, details in kebori, surface reddish brown yakitsuke
2¼in. (5.9cm.), 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.), 2¾ in. (7.1cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.6cm.), 1 11/16in. (4.3cm.) and 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) respectively (6)
出版
Lundgren Collection, nos 353, 354, 355, 356, 357 and 358