A Japanese bronze articulated model of a lobster, Meiji period, 1886-1912
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
LOT 172
A Japanese bronze articulated model of a lobster, Meiji period, 1886-1912
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ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
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ZAR 13 656
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A Japanese bronze articulated model of a lobster, Meiji period, 1886-1912
naturalistically rendered, constructed of bronze sheets hammered and carved to resemble the animal's shell and assembled with fully articulated joints, limbs, antennae, feelers, legs, tail and body, reddish brown patina, signed, 32,5cm long including fully extended antennae
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