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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
6 AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CARP

MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOZAN (TAKASE
TORAKICHI; 1869-1934) WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM
The iron carp constructed of numerous
hammered plates jointed inside the body, the
body bends and the whiskers, eyes, mouth and
fins move, the details of the fins finely chiseled,
incised signature on underside
23º in. (59.1 cm.)

$25,000-30,000