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Edo period (19th century), signed Myoshin saku (made by Myoshin)
Details
An iron articulated sculpture of a carp
Edo period (19th century), signed Myoshin saku (made by Myoshin)
The iron carp constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the body bends and the whiskers, mouth and fins move, the details of the fins finely chiseled, the eyes finished with gilt and details of the body inlaid in silver, the signature on underside
8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) long
With lacquered wood box
Edo period (19th century), signed Myoshin saku (made by Myoshin)
The iron carp constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the body bends and the whiskers, mouth and fins move, the details of the fins finely chiseled, the eyes finished with gilt and details of the body inlaid in silver, the signature on underside
8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) long
With lacquered wood box
Literature
Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi / Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of Cultural Relics, 2013), pp. 324-325.
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