JAPON, EPOQUE EDO (1603-1868)

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CRABE ARTICULE EN FER, JIZAI OKIMONO
JAPON, EPOQUE EDO (1603-1868)
Jizai okimono en fer représentant un crabe. Les pinces, les pattes et les yeux sont articulés.
Non signé, école Myochin.
Longueur: 8 cm. (3 1⁄8 in.)

Provenance

Previously in the collection of Jean Saporta.

Further details

AN IRON ARTICULATED MODEL OF A CRAB, JIZAI OKIMONO
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (1603-1868)

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Lot Essay

A similar articulated crab is located in the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum, Kyoto.
See a similar example illustrated in Kazutoshi Harada, JIZAI OKIMONO Articulated iron figures of animals, Kyoto, 2010, p. 79, no. 32.

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