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AN INLAID GILT-BRONZE MODEL OF A SEATED MONKEY
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century THREE METAL ARTICULATED CREATURES
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa era (1926-1989), 20th century
Seated and wearing a short jacket, clutching his left foot as he cries
out in pain, his right hand originally holding an implement (lacking), his Comprising two spiny lobsters, one assembled from hammered
sheets of silver and the other from copper, the first signed on its belly
garment decorated on the reverse in flat relief of gold, bronze and silver Hiroyoshi and Jungin (Pure silver), with a wood tomobako storage box
with stylized butterflies; unsigned. titled, signed and sealed by the artist, 16cm (6¼in) long with retracted
16cm (6¼in) high.
antennae; the copper lobster signed on its belly Myochin Muneyuki
saku, with a wooden tomobako storage box, titled Ebi (Spiny lobster)
£1,500 - 2,000 and signed Myochin Muneyuki saku with two seals, 21cm (8¼in) long
JPY230,000 - 300,000 with retracted antennae, the third a mantis, naturalistically rendered,
US$2,100 - 2,800 signed on its belly Hiroyoshi, 8.5cm (3¼in) long. (5).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE JAPANESE ART | 247